COMPLEX MICROBIAL-ZOOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSTMORTEM PERIOD DURING THE PRODUCTION OF FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION

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Title: COMPLEX MICROBIAL-ZOOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSTMORTEM PERIOD DURING THE PRODUCTION OF FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION
Authors: Olga S. Lavrukova, Natalia A. Sidorova, Igor A. Tolmachev, Andrey N. Prikhodko, Sergey V. Shigeev
Source: Кубанский научный медицинский вестник, Vol 26, Iss 3, Pp 71-80 (2019)
Publisher Information: Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation. “Kuban State Medical University”, 2019.
Publication Year: 2019
Collection: LCC:Medicine
Subject Terms: forensic medical examination, corpse microflora, necrophilous insects, vertebrate scavengers, Medicine
More Details: Aim. To provide a complex microbial-zoological characteristics of the postmortem period. Materials and methods: Microbiological studies: material for examination was isolated from three species of animals, including domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) weighing 50-100 kg, domestic chickens (burnt and unburnt) (Gallus gallus) weighing 1.5–2 kg and house mice (Mus musculus) weighing 80 g. In addition, human corpses, bone remains and over 1000 microorganism isolates were investigated. Entomological studies: material for examination was isolated from human corpses and their bone remains (17), pigs (10), chickens (32), representatives of the mammalian class (20), 79 objects in total. 32394 insects were investigated. Studies of injuries caused by certain vertebrates: 34 human corpses and their bone remains were examined. Results. Main trends in the microbial decomposition of dead bodies have been determined, which are of great practical significance for the diagnosis of the remoteness of death during the course of forensic medical examination. General characteristics of the process of corpse decomposition by necrophilous insects are given. The effect of the thermal factor (high temperature) on the microbiological and entomological features of corpse decomposition has been established. Anatomical, topographical and morphological features of injuries caused by some vertebrates have been determined. Conclusion. Our results prove the existence of a close relationship between the objects of forensic medical examination and the microbial processes that occur during the decomposition of corpses and under the action of insects and scavengers.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: Russian
ISSN: 1608-6228
2541-9544
Relation: https://ksma.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/1783; https://doaj.org/toc/1608-6228; https://doaj.org/toc/2541-9544
DOI: 10.25207/1608-6228-2019-26-3-71-80
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/eea5d31bc4114129bc73c4f133ea61c1
Accession Number: edsdoj.5d31bc4114129bc73c4f133ea61c1
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:16086228
25419544
DOI:10.25207/1608-6228-2019-26-3-71-80
Published in:Кубанский научный медицинский вестник
Language:Russian