Comprehensive postmortem analyses of intestinal microbiota changes and bacterial translocation in human flora associated mice.

BACKGROUND: Postmortem microbiological examinations are performed in forensic and medical pathology for defining uncertain causes of deaths and for screening of deceased tissue donors. Interpretation of bacteriological data, however, is hampered by false-positive results due to agonal spread of micr...

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Main Authors: Markus M Heimesaat, Silvia Boelke, André Fischer, Lea-Maxie Haag, Christoph Loddenkemper, Anja A Kühl, Ulf B Göbel, Stefan Bereswill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3395637?pdf=render