Nolte Kurt B
Office of the Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA.
Hum Pathol. 2005 Aug;36(8):915-6. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.04.010.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated from the lung tissue of an 86-year-old unembalmed woman who was exhumed for an autopsy 8 days after her death. Autopsy prosectors should consider performing microbiological culture in all cases with a history or gross pathological findings suggestive of an infection even if the postmortem interval is extended. In addition, prosectors should still adhere to biosafety precautions for airborne pathogens, because a long postmortem interval does not necessarily provide assurance that these organisms are not viable.
结核分枝杆菌是从一名86岁未防腐处理的女性的肺组织中分离出来的，该女性在死后8天被挖掘出来进行尸检。尸检解剖人员在所有有提示感染病史或大体病理表现的病例中都应考虑进行微生物培养，即使死后间隔时间延长。此外，解剖人员仍应遵守针对空气传播病原体的生物安全预防措施，因为较长的死后间隔时间不一定能保证这些病原体不再存活。
