Progressive primary pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as the sudden unexpected death in infancy: A case report

Forensic Science International

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages

  Dempers, Johan ^a   Sens, Mary Ann ^b   Wadee, Shabbir Ahmed ^a   Kinney, Hannah C ^c   Odendaal, Hein J ^d   Wright, Colleen A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Autopsy; South Africa; Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); Sudden unexplained death in infancy (SUDI); Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIVER; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

EID: 79952454135     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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