Open AccessDisseminated cryptococcosis in a deceased with HIV‐1 diagnosed by minimally invasive tissue sampling technique
Author(s) -
Subedi Nuwadatta,
Bhattarai Suraj,
Ranabhat Sunita,
Sharma Binita K.,
Baral Madan P.,
Upadhyaya Tirtha L.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3865
Subject(s) - medicine , cryptococcosis , autopsy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sampling (signal processing) , cause of death , natural death , pathology , intensive care medicine , surgery , virology , disease , medical emergency , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
Minimal invasive tissue sampling (MITS) technique detected HIV infection and disseminated cryptococcosis in an adult female with sudden death. A proper autopsy is essential to diagnose the exact cause of death and MITS can suffice in natural deaths.