Fatal cerebral malaria diagnosed after death in a French patient

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-272

  Alunni Perret, Veronique ^a   Vandenbos, Fanny ^b   Kechkekian, Aurore ^c   Marty, Pierre ^c   Legros, Fabrice ^d   Michiels, Jean François ^b   Cardot Leccia, Nathalie ^b   Fortineau, Nicolas ^e   Durant, Jacques ^c   Quatrehomme, Gérald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

cerebral malaria; death; forensic sciences; Plasmodium falciparum autopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAMEROON; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ERYTHROCYTE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRANCE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LUNG; MACROPHAGE; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPLEEN; TRAVEL;

ADULT; BRAIN; CAMEROON; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ERYTHROCYTES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRANCE; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SPLEEN; TRAVEL;

EID: 77956481342     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181e2efe4     Document Type: Article

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