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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pathol Res Pract. 2009 Mar 24;205(9):608–614. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2009.02.007

Table 4.

Histopathological Findings

N: Ia related deaths n=185
NSFb 39:59
Tuberculosis 21:7
Pneumonia 4:1
Encephalitisc 5:3
Liver Disease 14:5
Brain hemorrhage 6:0
Solid organ hemorrhage 3:3
Other CNS findings 7:9
a

Natural Deaths; N, Injury-related Deaths; I

b

no significant findings; NSF

c

Encephalitis group includes herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus or undefined cause. Other includes gliosis, thickened dura with thrombosis, abscess, papilloma virus, and hypoxic changes/neuronal loss.