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Differential Gene Expression Segregates Cattle Confirmed Positive for Bovine Tuberculosis from Antemortem Tuberculosis Test-False Positive Cattle Originating from Herds Free of Bovine Tuberculosis

Veterinary Medicine International, 2012
Antemortem tests for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) currently used in the US measure cell-mediated immune responses against Mycobacterium bovis. Postmortem tests for bTB rely on observation of gross and histologic lesions of bTB, followed by bacterial ...
Ailam Lim, Juan P. Steibel, Paul M. Coussens, Daniel L. Grooms, Steven R. Bolin   +4 more
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Utility of Oral Swab Sampling for Ebola Virus Detection in Guinea Pig Model

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
To determine the utility of oral swabs for diagnosing infection with Ebola virus, we used a guinea pig model and obtained daily antemortem and postmortem swab samples. According to quantitative reverse transcription PCR analysis, the diagnostic value was
Jessica R. Spengler, Ayan K. Chakrabarti, JoAnn D. Coleman-McCray, Brock E. Martin, Stuart T. Nichol, Christina F. Spiropoulou, Brian H. Bird   +6 more
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Two autopsy cases of pulmonary leukemic infiltration mimicking severe pneumonia in patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Leukemia Research Reports, 2021
Although a previous autopsy series demonstrated that pulmonary leukemic infiltration (PLI) is a major pulmonary complication in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an antemortem diagnosis of PLI is rare.
Hiroko Iizuka, Yosuke Mori, Yasutaka Fukuda, Noriaki Iwao, Michiaki Koike, Masaaki Noguchi   +5 more
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Diffuse cranial vault hyperostosis associated with long‐term antiepileptic therapy: Autopsy findings and differential diagnostic considerations

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Diffuse cranial vault hyperostosis is an uncommon finding and may present a diagnostic challenge in clinical and forensic practice. We report the case of a 53‐year‐old woman with a long‐standing history of epilepsy treated with phenytoin and sodium valproate who collapsed at home suddenly and died despite resuscitative efforts.
Maria Piagkou, Athina Tousia, George Triantafyllou, Dimitrios Vlachodimitropoulos, Samer Al Besher, Panagiotis Manolarakis‐Papadopoulos, Alexandros Samolis, Stavroula Papadodima   +7 more
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Antemortem diagnosis and prevention of human rabies

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2008
Human rabies still continues to be a significant health problem in India and other developing countries where dogs are the major vectors of transmission. Rabies in humans can present in two clinical forms, i.e., furious and paralytic. While diagnosis of furious rabies can be made based on the typical symptoms and signs, paralytic rabies poses a ...
Madhusudana Shampur, Sukumaran Suja
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A comparison of forensic anthropology casework across two urban Midwest Medical Examiner's offices, 2013–2022

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Forensic anthropology has garnered greater attention in the academic and medicolegal communities with more practitioners embedded in Medical Examiner's and Coroner's offices. Practitioners have varied roles and responsibilities, leaving few opportunities to compare the nature, breadth, and outcomes of their casework.
Erin B. Waxenbaum, Lindsay H. Trammell, Anne L. Grauer   +2 more
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Antemortem diagnosis of human rabies in a veterinarian infected when handling a herbivore in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2011
The Ministry of Health's National Human Rabies Control Program advocates pre-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for professionals involved with animals that are at risk of contracting rabies.
Mariana Gontijo de Brito, Talita Leal Chamone, Fernando José da Silva, Marcelo Yohito Wada, Alexandre Braga de Miranda, Juliana Galera Castilho, Maria Luiza Carrieri, Ivanete Kotait, Francisco Leopoldo Lemos   +8 more
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Primary Lymphoma of the Heart, Diagnosed Antemortem.

Internal Medicine, 1997
Primary cardiac lymphomas diagnosed antemortem are extremely rare. We present a case of primary cardiac lymphoma initially diagnosed antemortem by cytologic examination of pericardial effusion fluid. Echocardiography suggested the presence of a tumor localized at the right ventricular free wall.
YAMADA, Norikazu, MURATA, Tetsuya, FUJIOKA, Hirofumi, HAMADA, Masayuki, NAKANO, Takeshi   +4 more
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Forensic challenges in a case of suspected filicide, matricide, and post‐mortem dismemberment

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Familicide represents one of the most complex forms of domestic violence in forensic practice. Among intrafamilial homicides, filicide and matricide pose major medico‐legal and criminological challenges, particularly when autopsy findings are nonspecific or severely altered by post‐mortem changes.
Isabella Caristo, Rosario Barranco, Giulio Fraternali Orcioni, Domenico Coviello, Francesco Ventura   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nefopam Hydrochloride: A Fatal Overdose [PDF]

, 2015
Nefopam is a non-opiate analgesic commonly used for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. A case of a 37-year-old male who was found dead in the morning is presented. An autopsy was performed and femoral venous blood, heart blood, urine, and vitreous
L. Nitin Seetohul, Drummond, Gail, Drummond, G., Nitin Seetohul, L., Gail Drummond, De Paoli, Giorgia; id_orcid, Seetohul, L. N., Seetohul, L. Nitin, Giorgia De Paoli, De Paoli, Giorgia, Maskell, Peter D., Peter D. Maskell, De Paoli, G.   +12 more
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