First utilization of BioFire FilmArray® Respiratory Panel 2 Plus in post-mortem diagnosis of Influenza A H1N1

Abstract

Post-mortem microbiology is an important tool in legal medicine and forensic pathology; this case report shows the importance of microbiological testing to establish the cause of death in infection suspected death. We refer a case of fatal Influenza A (H1N1) diagnosed only after dead with post-mortem microbiology tool.

Keywords

• forensic microbiology
• post mortem microbiology
• autopsy microbiology
• Influenza A (H1N1)