Postmortem Diagnosis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease
Alison D. Ridpath
, Tanya A. Halse, Kimberlee A. Musser, Danielle Wroblewski, Christopher D. Paddock, Wun-Ju Shieh, Melissa Pasquale-Styles, Irini Scordi-Bello, Paula E. Del Rosso, and Don Weiss
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A.D. Ridpath, C.D. Paddock, W.-J. Shieh); New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA (A.D. Ridpath, P.E. Del Rosso, D. Weiss); Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA (T.A. Halse, K.A Musser, D. Wroblewski); New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York (M. Pasquale-Styles, I. Scordi-Bello)
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Figure 1.
. . Postmortem purpuric rash on sole of a man for whom invasive meningococcal disease was diagnosed after death (case 1), New York City, New York, USA.
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