A case report on death from acute bacterial cholangitis accompanied by von Meyenburg complexes: Use of 16S rRNA gene sequencing to identify pathogenic microbes from postmortem formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue.
Noriko WatanabeShin-Ichiro OhnoMoe SakumaMayo KuriwakiMai MiuraMasahiko KurodaPublished in: Medicine (2021)
16S rRNA gene sequencing is a useful tool for identifying pathogenic microbes in postmortem FFPE tissues. This technique may be useful for amplicon sizes of approximately 100 bp or less.