PCR-based identification of postmortem microbial contaminants - A preliminary study

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 592-596

  Kupfer, Doris M ^a   Chaturvedi, Arvind K ^b   Canfield, Dennis V ^b   Roe, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Escherichia coli; Ethanol; Forensic science; Forensic toxicology; Microbial contamination; Polymerase chain reaction; Postmortem ethanol production; Proteus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0032896799     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14515j     Document Type: Article

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