Evidence for systematic autopsies in COVID-19 positive deceased: Case report of the first German investigated COVID-19 death.
Rechtsmedizin (Berl)
; 30(3): 184-189, 2020.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-456698
ABSTRACT
Forensic medicine and pathology involve specific health risks, whereby health workers are dealing with microorganisms, cells or parasites, which are referred to as biological agents. Biological agents are divided into four categories according to § 3 of the Biological Agents Ordinance. The newly identified coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome, coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that has spread rapidly around the world is placed into category 3 of the Biological Agents Ordinance, meaning pathogens that can cause serious illnesses in humans and may pose a risk to workers. The Robert Koch Institute, the German government's central scientific institution in the field of biomedicine issued the announcement, that aerosol-producing measures (including autopsies) of SARS-CoV2 infected bodies should be avoided, despite the fact that autopsies are an important source of understanding the pathomorphological course of new diseases. The first German case of death due to a proven SARS-CoV2 infection is presented with global multifocal reticular consolidation in the post-mortem computed tomography (CT) scan, a macroscopic and microscopic viral pneumonia and viral RNA of SARS-CoV2 in pharyngeal mucosa and lung tissue.
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English
Journal:
Rechtsmedizin (Berl)
Year:
2020
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Article
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S00194-020-00401-4
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