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This literature review examines the value of postmortem bacteriology in determining the cause of death. The review analyzes over 5000 autopsies from several studies conducted over the past century. The key findings are: 1) Approximately two-thirds of postmortem blood cultures are negative, one-fifth yield a single isolate, and one-tenth have mixed growth. The postmortem interval has little effect on isolation rates. 2) A pure growth of a known pathogen in blood or cerebrospinal fluid is likely to be a ge

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novywardana

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