https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6828

Postmortem microbiology as a routine tool for legal-medicine in Italy: is it time?

Vol. 32 No. 2 (2017)
Submitted: 2 June 2017
Accepted: 30 June 2017
Published: 7 July 2017
postmortem microbiology, Klebsiella, meningitis
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Francesco d'Aleo
fdaleo@unime.it
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4151-8768
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, “G. Martino” Hospital, University of Messina, Italy.
Roberta Bonanno
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, “G. Martino” Hospital, University of Messina, Italy.
Giovanna Bianco
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, “G. Martino” Hospital, University of Messina, Italy.
Antonino Trunfio
Private Specialist in Legal Medicine, Messina, Italy.
Postmortem microbiology may be important to determine the cause of the death. We report a case study of Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis where the lack of sampling standardization and poor knowledge of this tool could affect medical-legal investigation.

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d’Aleo, F., Bonanno, R., Bianco, G., & Trunfio, A. (2017). Postmortem microbiology as a routine tool for legal-medicine in Italy: is it time?. Microbiologia Medica, 32(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6828

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