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Forensic and Post-Mortem Microbiology

A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Microbiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 2052

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Amparo Fernández-Rodrı́guez

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Microbiology Laboratory, Biology Department, Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses, Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Interests: forensic; post-mortem microbiology
Prof. Dr. Marta Cohen

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FT. Histopathology Department, Western Bank, Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS, Sheffield S10 2TH, UK
Interests: post mortem MRI; investigation of sudden infant death; preterm births and stillbirths
Dr. Veroniek Saegeman

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Clinical Laboratory, Sint-Niklaas, and Infection Control Department, AZ Nikolaas, University Hospitals Leuven, Moerlandstraat 1Herestraat 49, 91003000 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: clinical microbial infection

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Postmortem microbiologic examinations in the discovery of new infectious microorganisms have been recently recognized by medical and scientific communities. At the same time, the analysis of postmortem microorganisms is a promising tool in forensic autopsy and forensic investigation. Currently, microbiological procedures are still underutilized, and it is necessary to develop standardized operating procedures for the collection, analysis, and interpretation of microbiological evidence, and to create reliable and complete databases to be fully implemented in forensic settings, and to assist researchers in the diagnostic and epidemiological analysis of disease outbreaks.

This Special Issue focuses on the progress of postmortem microbiology research, including but not limited to the following: postmortem microbial changes, postmortem translocation of microbial pathogens, postmortem microbiology to detect the cause of death and specimen acquisition; NGS and other molecular techniques in postmortem and forensic microbiology, microbiological applications in the field of forensic science and other related research.

Dr. Amparo Fernández-Rodrı́guez
Prof. Dr. Marta Cohen
Dr. Veroniek Saegeman
Guest Editors

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Forensic Microbiology: When, Where and How
by Riccardo Nodari, Milena Arghittu, Paolo Bailo, Cristina Cattaneo, Roberta Creti, Francesco D’Aleo, Veroniek Saegeman, Lorenzo Franceschetti, Stefano Novati, Amparo Fernández-Rodríguez, Andrea Verzeletti, Claudio Farina and Claudio Bandi
Microorganisms 2024, 12(5), 988; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12050988 - 14 May 2024
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Forensic microbiology is a relatively new discipline, born in part thanks to the development of advanced methodologies for the detection, identification and characterization of microorganisms, and also in relation to the growing impact of infectious diseases of iatrogenic origin. Indeed, the increased application [...] Read more.
Forensic microbiology is a relatively new discipline, born in part thanks to the development of advanced methodologies for the detection, identification and characterization of microorganisms, and also in relation to the growing impact of infectious diseases of iatrogenic origin. Indeed, the increased application of medical practices, such as transplants, which require immunosuppressive treatments, and the growing demand for prosthetic installations, associated with an increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance, have led to a rise in the number of infections of iatrogenic origin, which entails important medico-legal issues. On the other hand, the possibility of detecting minimal amounts of microorganisms, even in the form of residual traces (e.g., their nucleic acids), and of obtaining gene and genomic sequences at contained costs, has made it possible to ask new questions of whether cases of death or illness might have a microbiological origin, with the possibility of also tracing the origin of the microorganisms involved and reconstructing the chain of contagion. In addition to the more obvious applications, such as those mentioned above related to the origin of iatrogenic infections, or to possible cases of infections not properly diagnosed and treated, a less obvious application of forensic microbiology concerns its use in cases of violence or violent death, where the characterization of the microorganisms can contribute to the reconstruction of the case. Finally, paleomicrobiology, e.g., the reconstruction and characterization of microorganisms in historical or even archaeological remnants, can be considered as a sister discipline of forensic microbiology. In this article, we will review these different aspects and applications of forensic microbiology. Full article
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