Postmortem Diagnosis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease

We diagnosed invasive meningococcal disease by using immunohistochemical staining of embalmed tissue and PCR of vitreous humor from 2 men in New York City. Because vitreous humor is less subject than other body fluids to putrefaction, it is a good material for postmortem analysis.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ridpath, Alison D., Halse, Tanya A., Musser, Kimberlee A., Wroblewski, Danielle, Paddock, Christopher D., Shieh, Wun-Ju, Pasquale-Styles, Melissa, Scordi-Bello, Irini, Del Rosso, Paula E., Weiss, Don
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3944856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24565379
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2003.131245

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