Practical and theoretical aspects of postmortem bacteriology

Current Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-74

  Morris, J A ^a   Harrison, Linda M ^a   Partridge, Susan M ^b  

^a ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b FURNESS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood cultures; Cerebrospinal fluid; Neutrophils; Postmortem bacteriology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZING; GENOMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; SAMPLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33846462444     PISSN: 09686053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdip.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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