Microbiology in minimally invasive autopsy: best techniques to detect infection. ESGFOR (ESCMID study group of forensic and post-mortem microbiology) guidelines

Relation Between Chest CT Findings and Clinical Conditions of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pneumonia: A Multicenter Study

(2020) Wei Zhao et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY

A technical report from the Italian SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. Postmortem sampling and autopsy investigation in cases of suspected or probable COVID-19

(2020) Alessandro Santurro et al.   Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

Autopsy in suspected COVID-19 cases

(2020) Brian Hanley et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Cardiovascular Considerations for Patients, Health Care Workers, and Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic

(2020) Elissa Driggin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Characteristics of pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection and potential evidence for persistent fecal viral shedding

(2020) Yi Xu et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Air and surface contamination in non-health care settings among 641 environmental specimens of 39 COVID-19 cases

(2020) Lei Luo et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Performance of the minimally invasive autopsy tool for cause of death determination in adult deaths from the Brazilian Amazon: an observational study

(2019) Antonio E. M. Palhares et al.   VIRCHOWS ARCHIV

Unraveling Specific Causes of Neonatal Mortality Using Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling: An Observational Study

(2019) Shabir A Madhi et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Post-mortem microbiology in sudden death: sampling protocols proposed in different clinical settings

(2018) A. Fernández-Rodríguez et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Postmortem Interval and Diagnostic Performance of the Autopsy Methods

(2018) Juan Carlos Hurtado et al.   Scientific Reports

How is post-mortem microbiology appraised by pathologists? Results from a practice survey conducted by ESGFOR

(2017) V. Saegeman et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Post-mortem detection of bacteremia using pairs of blood culture samples

(2017) Keishin Sunagawa et al.   Legal Medicine

Mycobacterium chimaera Spread from Heating and Cooling Units in Heart Surgery

(2017) Deborah Williamson et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Validity of a minimally invasive autopsy for cause of death determination in maternal deaths in Mozambique: An observational study

(2017) Paola Castillo et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Validity of a minimally invasive autopsy for cause of death determination in stillborn babies and neonates in Mozambique: An observational study

(2017) Clara Menendez et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Validity of a minimally invasive autopsy tool for cause of death determination in pediatric deaths in Mozambique: An observational study

(2017) Quique Bassat et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Post-mortem detection of bacteremia using pairs of blood culture samples

(2017) Keishin Sunagawa et al.   Legal Medicine

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

(2016) Miguel J. Martínez et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Fluorescently labeled bacteria provide insight on post-mortem microbial transmigration

(2016) Z.M. Burcham et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Post-mortem computed tomography coaxial cutting needle biopsy to facilitate the detection of bacterioplankton using PCR probes as a diagnostic indicator for drowning

(2016) Guy N. Rutty et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE

Autopsy Prevalence of Tuberculosis and Other Potentially Treatable Infections among Adults with Advanced HIV Enrolled in Out-Patient Care in South Africa

(2016) Aaron S. Karat et al.   PLoS One

Willingness to Know the Cause of Death and Hypothetical Acceptability of the Minimally Invasive Autopsy in Six Diverse African and Asian Settings: A Mixed Methods Socio-Behavioural Study

(2016) Maria Maixenchs et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Validity of a Minimally Invasive Autopsy for Cause of Death Determination in Adults in Mozambique: An Observational Study

(2016) Paola Castillo et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

How to optimise the yield of forensic and clinical post-mortem microbiology with an adequate sampling: a proposal for standardisation

(2015) A. Fernández-Rodríguez et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Non-invasive or minimally invasive autopsy compared to conventional autopsy of suspected natural deaths in adults: a systematic review

(2015) Britt M. Blokker et al.   EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY

The importance of microbiological testing for establishing cause of death in 42 forensic autopsies

(2015) S. Christoffersen   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

The use of coroner's autopsy reports to validate the use of targeted swabbing rather than tissue collection for rapid confirmation of virological causes of sudden death in the community

(2015) Catherine Moore et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY

Bacterial Translocation and Sample Contamination in Postmortem Microbiological Analyses

(2015) Cristian Palmiere et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

Potential Use of Bacterial Community Succession in Decaying Human Bone for Estimating Postmortem Interval,,

(2015) Franklin E. Damann et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

Estimating Time Since Death from Postmortem Human Gut Microbial Communities

(2015) Kathleen A. Hauther et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

How to isolate a patient with Cladophialophora bantiana infection? An opinion

(2015) V. Saegeman et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Society for Pediatric Pathology Spring Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, March 21–22, 2015

(2015)   PEDIATRIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL PATHOLOGY

Cerebrospinal fluid PCR analysis and biochemistry in bodies with severe decomposition

(2015) Cristian Palmiere et al.   Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Pathological Methods Applied to the Investigation of Causes of Death in Developing Countries: Minimally Invasive Autopsy Approach

(2015) Paola Castillo et al.   PLoS One

Virtobot 2.0: the future of automated surface documentation and CT-guided needle placement in forensic medicine

(2014) Lars Christian Ebert et al.   Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

Postmortem angiography using femoral cannulation and postmortem microbiology

(2014) Cristian Palmiere et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE

Microbial communities associated with human decomposition and their potential use as postmortem clocks

(2014) Sheree J. Finley et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE

Molecular identification of fungi found on decomposed human bodies in forensic autopsy cases

(2014) Patrick Schwarz et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE

Post-Mortem Tissue Biopsies Obtained at Minimally Invasive Autopsy: An RNA-Quality Analysis

(2014) Anita van der Linden et al.   PLoS One

Post-mortem MRI as an alternative to non-forensic autopsy in foetuses and children: from research into clinical practice

(2013) S Addison et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

Minimally invasive autopsy employing post-mortem CT and targeted coronary angiography: evaluation of its application to a routine Coronial service

(2013) Ian S D Roberts et al.   HISTOPATHOLOGY

Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis and Bloodstream Infection Due to Mycobacterium chimaera

(2013) Y. Achermann et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of Postmortem Bacterial Migration Using Culturing and Real-Time Quantitative PCR

(2013) Sari Tuomisto et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

Post-mortem MRI versus conventional autopsy in fetuses and children: a prospective validation study

(2013) Sudhin Thayyil et al.   LANCET

Largest group of children affected by measles outbreak in Wales is 10-18 year olds

(2013) J. Wise   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Análisis microbiológico post mórtem

(2012) Amparo Fernández-Rodríguez et al.   ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA

High risk medicolegal autopsies: is a full postmortem examination necessary?

(2012) Eve Patricia Fryer et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Infective Endocarditis in the Pediatric Patient: A 60-Year Single-Institution Review

(2012) Jennifer A. Johnson et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Sudden Death after Chest Pain: Feasibility of Virtual Autopsy with Postmortem CT Angiography and Biopsy

(2012) Steffen G. Ross et al.   RADIOLOGY

Sudden cardiac death and tuberculosis – How much do we know?

(2012) Alexander Liu et al.   TUBERCULOSIS

Post-mortem imaging as an alternative to autopsy in the diagnosis of adult deaths: a validation study

(2011) Ian SD Roberts et al.   LANCET

Postmortem Imaging-Guided Biopsy as an Adjuvant to Minimally Invasive Autopsy With CT and Postmortem Angiography: A Feasibility Study

(2010) Stephan A. Bolliger et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY

Contribution of bacteriology and virology in sudden unexpected death in infancy

(2010) L. Prtak et al.   ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD

Post-mortem interval and bacteriological culture yield in sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI)

(2010) Martin A. Weber et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Sudden death caused by chronic Chagas disease in a non-endemic country: Autopsy report

(2010) Fumiko Satoh et al.   PATHOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Intracranial spread of chronic middle ear suppuration

(2009) Siba P. Dubey et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY

Bacteriological investigation—significance of time lapse after death

(2009) I. V. K. Lobmaier et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Multimodality minimally invasive autopsy—A feasible and accurate approach to post-mortem examination

(2009) Joe K.M. Fan et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Minimally Invasive Autopsy: An Alternative to Conventional Autopsy?

(2009) Annick C. Weustink et al.   RADIOLOGY

Real-time polymerase chain reaction detection of Neisseria meningitidis in formalin-fixed tissues from sudden deaths

(2008) Amparo Fernández-Rodríguez et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Infection and sudden unexpected death in infancy: a systematic retrospective case review

(2008) MA Weber et al.   LANCET

Less Invasive Autopsy: Benefits and Limitations of the Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Perinatal Postmortem

(2008) Marta C. Cohen et al.   PEDIATRIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL PATHOLOGY