[Bacterial contamination of human blood in the early period after sudden death].
The bacterial contamination of blood and its components was studied in 517 corpses during the first 2-4 hours after sudden death. Investigations were made with the use of anaerobic cultivation techniques, modern identification methods by means of test systems and gas-liquid chromatography. As revealed in this study, in 14.1% of the corpses different bacteria, belonging to the representatives of normal human microflora, were detected in the blood. More than a half of the isolates were represented by Propionibacterium (P. acnes and P. granulosum). The endogenous way of contamination from the lymph of the hepatic duct seems to be most probable.
Men'shikov
D D
DD
Khvatov
V B
VB
Strokova
V A
VA
Pechkurova
E I
EI
Isaeva
Iu G
IuG
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002102:Cadaver; D003645:Death, Sudden; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D010949:Plasma / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors