Postmortem Diagnosis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease

Abstract

We diagnosed invasive meningococcal disease by using immunohistochemical staining of embalmed tissue and PCR of vitreous humor from 2 men in New York City. Because vitreous humor is less subject than other body fluids to putrefaction, it is a good material for postmortem analysis.

Keywords

• Neisseria meningitidis
• New York City
• polymerase chain reaction
• PCR
• bacteria
• New York