Postmortem Diagnosis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease

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

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Postmortem Diagnosis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease

Published Date:

Mar 2014

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Emerg Infect Dis. 20(3):453-455.

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Ridpath, Alison D. ; Halse, Tanya A. ; Musser, Kimberlee A. ; Wroblewski, Danielle ; Paddock, Christopher D. ; ... More ▼

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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.

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