Comparison of different methods for delayed post-mortem diagnosis of falciparum malaria

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Histological findings at legal autopsy of 5 corpses from malaria patients found at various intervals after their death

	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5
Brain	Seq.	Seq.	Specimens were destroyed without examination.	Seq. (figure 2)	Seq.
Heart	Seq.; MP	Seq.; MP		Seq.; MP	Seq.; MP
Lung	Seq.	Seq.		Seq.	Seq.; Inf. Erys
Liver	Seq.	Seq.		Fibrosis	Seq.; MP
Kidney	Seq.	Seq.		Seq.	Seq.; MP
Spleen	n.i.	n.i.		splenectomised	n.i.

Seq.: sequestration of erythrocytes; MP: malaria pigment; n.i.: not investigated due to autolysis

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