Postmortem diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease

Alison D. Ridpath; Tanya A. Halse; Kimberlee A. Musser; Danielle Wroblewski; Christopher D. Paddock; Wun Ju Shieh; Melissa Pasquale-Styles; Irini Scordi-Bello; Paula E. Del Rosso; Don Weiss

doi:10.3201/eid2003.131245

Postmortem diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease

Alison D. Ridpath
, Tanya A. Halse
, Kimberlee A. Musser
, Danielle Wroblewski
, Christopher D. Paddock
, Wun Ju Shieh
, Melissa Pasquale-Styles
, Irini Scordi-Bello
, Paula E. Del Rosso
, Don Weiss

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	453-455
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2003.131245
State	Published - Mar 2014
Externally published	Yes

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