Ethanol production by Candida albicans in postmortem human blood samples: Effects of blood glucose level and dilution

Forensic Science International

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 116-121

  Yajima, Daisuke ^a   Motani, Hisako ^a   Kamei, Katsuhiko ^b   Sato, Yayoi ^a   Hayakawa, Mutsumi ^a   Iwase, Hirotaro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Ethanol; n Propanol; Postmortem production; Putrefaction

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FLUORIDE SODIUM; GLUCOSE; PROPANOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CADAVER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DILUTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; YEAST;

EID: 33750502005     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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