| Fatal cerebral malaria diagnosed after death in a French patient. | |
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PMID: 20508488 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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We report on the case of a French citizen who was found dead in his home, 4 days after returning from Cameroon. The patient died of imported malaria, as revealed by the postmortem investigations. Few such cases have been reported throughout the world. This article reviews deaths due to malaria diagnosed at the time of autopsy in France between 1995 and 2005. We conclude that the nonspecific symptoms of malaria can lead to a misdiagnosis and the need for a forensic expert to intervene at the scene of death, which usually occurs in the home. We will remind forensic pathologists of the clinical, biologic, and forensic aspects of this infectious disease. In particular, the uses of microbiologic analyses, the QBC malaria test and the Core malaria Pan/Pv/pf test as well as brain tissue histology will be reviewed. |
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Veronique Alunni-Perret; Fanny Vandenbos; Aurore Kechkekian; Pierre Marty; Fabrice Legros; Jean François Michiels; Nathalie Cardot-Leccia; Nicolas Fortineau; Jacques Durant; Gérald Quatrehomme |
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
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Title: The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology Volume: 31 ISSN: 1533-404X ISO Abbreviation: Am J Forensic Med Pathol Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
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Created Date: 2010-09-03 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8108948 Medline TA: Am J Forensic Med Pathol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 269-72 Citation Subset: IM |
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Laboratoire de Médecine légale et Anthropologie médico légale, Faculté de médecine (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis), Nice cedex 2, France. alunni-perret.v@chu-nice.fr |
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