Infectious cause of death determination using minimally invasive autopsies in developing countries

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 80-86

  Martínez, Miguel J ^a   Massora, Sergio ^b   Mandomando, Inácio ^b   Ussene, Esperança ^c   Jordao, Dercio ^c   Lovane, Lucilia ^c   Muñoz Almagro, Carmen ^d   Castillo, Paola ^a   Mayor, Alfredo ^a,b   Rodriguez, Cristina ^a   Lopez Villanueva, Miriam ^a   Ismail, Mamudo R ^c   Carrilho, Carla ^c   Lorenzoni, Cesaltina ^c   Lacerda, Marcus V G ^e   Bassat, Quique ^a,b   Menéndez, Clara ^a,b   Ordi, Jaume ^a   Vila, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^c MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

^d Sant Joan de Deu Children's Hospital   (Spain)

^e FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Microbiological studies; Minimally invasive autopsy

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN BIOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CRYPTOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISSEMINATED NECROTIZING GRANULOMATOSIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; MALARIA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE AUTOPSY; MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY ASSAY; MOZAMBIQUE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC PNEUMONIA; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SEPTICEMIA; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UTERUS BIOPSY; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRUS SCREENING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949255100     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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