Postmortem Diagnosis of Meningococcemia by Detection of Capsular Polysaccharides
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by ASTM International in Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Vol. 33 (2) , 336-346
- https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs11947j
Abstract
Detection of specific meningococcal capsular polysaccharide (CPS) in postmortem blood permits rapid diagnosis of meningococcemia and differentiation from pneumococcemia and septicemia caused by Haemophilus influenzae Type b. We present studies validatingKeywords
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