Immediate anaphylactic death following antibiotics injection: Splenic eosinophilia easily revealed by pagoda red stain

Forensic Science International

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 21-25

  Trani, Nicoletta ^a   Bonetti, Luca Reggiani ^a   Gualandri, Giorgio ^a   Barbolini, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaphylactic death; Antibiotics; Immunohistochemistry; Pagoda red; Shock organ; Splenic eosinophils; Splenic mast cells

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; FIDATO; SULTAMICILLIN; TAZOBACTAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; DEGRANULATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG FATALITY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN DISEASE;

EID: 54349095568     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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