Survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis organisms for 8 days in fresh lung tissue from an exhumed body

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 915-916

  Nolte, Kurt B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Biosafety; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Viability

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSAFETY; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CELL VIABILITY; DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXHUMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 23944472695     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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