Diatoms in forensic expertise of drowning—a Macedonian experience

Results obtained by examination of 22 human cases suspected for drowning, one human case of death other than drowning and several tests on laboratory rats were used as a basis for evaluation of diatom method as supportive in forensic expertise of drowning. The recovery of diatoms from various examin...

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Published in:	Forensic science international Vol. 127; no. 3; pp. 198 - 203
Main Authors:	Krstic, Svetislav, Duma, Aleksej, Janevska, Biljana, Levkov, Zlatko, Nikolova, Ksenija, Noveska, Marina
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ireland Ltd 17-07-2002 Elsevier Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Animals Autopsies Autopsy Biological and medical sciences Blood Bone marrow Bone Marrow - microbiology Brain - microbiology Cause of Death Contamination Diatoms Diatoms - isolation & purification Drowning Drowning - diagnosis Drowning - microbiology Drowning - mortality Drownings Esophagus - microbiology Forensic expertise Forensic medicine Forensic Medicine - methods Forensic science Hair - microbiology Heart - microbiology Human remains Humans Kidney - microbiology Kidneys Laboratory animals Laboratory tests Liver - microbiology Lung - microbiology Marine microorganisms Medical sciences Methods Microflora Murders & murder attempts Oxidation Plankton Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Rats Skin - microbiology Stomach - microbiology Tissue Distribution Water Microbiology Drowning Diatoms Forensic expertise Methods Human Heterokontophyta Bacillariophyta Algae Postmortem Critical study Exploration Forensic aspect Diagnosis Thallophyta Medicolegal expertise
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Summary:	Results obtained by examination of 22 human cases suspected for drowning, one human case of death other than drowning and several tests on laboratory rats were used as a basis for evaluation of diatom method as supportive in forensic expertise of drowning. The recovery of diatoms from various examined organs, their qualitative and quantitative composition, if properly treated without the possibility of contamination, can be a reliable proof of the time and place of drowning. The priority of organ examination (external microflora determination, lungs, brain, heart (and/or blood), stomach, liver and kidney, and finally bone marrow) is discussed and established as well as the basic future research on cases suspected of drowning, but also on non-drowned victims and laboratory animals.
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ISSN:	0379-0738 1872-6283
DOI:	10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00125-1