Molecular Autopsy vs Postmortem Genetic Testing

Postmortem blood microbiology using sterile autopsy technique.

NIWAYAMA, G. Postmortem Blood Microbiology Using Sterile Autopsy Technique. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1971, 105 (3), 247-256 Cervical and cardiac blood samples aseptically taken at different time (within 20 hours after death) from 79 cadavers were microbiologically studied and the results were correlated together with the antemortem blood cultures and antibiotic therapies. In 65 cases (82 per cent),...

Molecular Testing in Microbiology

There are significant challenges associated with qualitative and quantitative nucleic acid tests performed in diagnostic laboratories. The development of internationally available certified reference materials which can be traced to reference measurements will contribute to a better understanding of the performance characteristics of nucleic acid tests and enhance reliability and comparability ...

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Postmortem CT and Autopsy in Perinatal Intracranial Hemorrhage

To improve interpretation of intracranial computed tomographic findings in vivo, postmortem computed tomography was correlated directly with autopsy findings in 105 specimens of human stillborn and live-birth infants, ranging in age from gestational week 13 to postnatal month 18. This study identifies the typical computed tomographic appearance of intradural and other hemorrhages, attempts to c...

Cat CAT - Scan : Postmortem Imaging and autopsy of two cats

A man killed his wife and their shared household cats before killing himself. The combination of the killing (suicide or homicide) of a family member and the pet is seen on occasions in forensic pathology. The purpose of this case report is to provide a comparison of the killing methods of animals, ill pets and of household animals, also in extended suicides or homicides given the initially out...