Postmortem Cardiopulmonary Pathology in Patients with COVID-19 Infection: Single-Center Report of 12 Autopsies from Lausanne, Switzerland

Postmortem Cardiopulmonary Pathology in Patients with COVID-19 Infection: Single-Center Report of 12 Autopsies from Lausanne, Switzerland

We report postmortem cardio-pulmonary findings including detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissue in 12 patients with COVID-19. The 5 women and 7 men (median age: 73 years; range 35–96) died 6–38 days after onset of symptoms...

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Main Authors: Sabina Berezowska, Karine Lefort, Kalliopi Ioannidou, Daba-Rokhya Ndiaye, Damien Maison, Constantinos Petrovas, Samuel Rotman, Nathalie Piazzon, Dina Milowich, Nathalie Sala, Chun-Yi Tsai, Eleonore Multone, Pierre-Yves Bochud, Mauro Oddo, Bettina Bisig, Laurence de Leval
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Diagnostics
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
diffuse alveolar damage
immunohistochemistry
RNAscope
reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/11/8/1357

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