CLOSTRIDIA IN GAS GANGRENE

Clostridia in gas gangrene.

The rapidly progressive infections of muscle brought about by some members of the genus Clostridium have been investigated by a number of workers during the past ten years. In general, such investigations fell into three groups: investigations of the clostridia found in war wounds and the factors that affect their growth; investigations of the exocellular toxins produced by the pathogenic clost...

Clostridia in Gas Gangrene and Local Anaerobic Infections during the Italian Campaign.

When World War II began, some of the experimental results obtained on animals indicated that sulfonamides applied locally and taken by mouth might prevent infections with anaerobes of the gas gangrene group. It became evident, even in the Western Desert and Tunisia, that anaerobic infections would occur in spite of sulfonamide prophylaxis. When the fighting took place on the more cultivated soi...

Wilson-Blair Medium in the Rapid Diagnosis of the Clostridia of Gas Gangrene.

Wilson and Blair (1927) (1931) described a nutrient glucose bismuth-sulphite and iron medium useful in detecting the presence of typhoid-paratyphoid organisms in water and sewage. The method was modified by Thompson (1939) for clinical use in the identification of clostridia. A positive test is evidenced by diffuse or localized blackening of the medium around sites of bacterial growth. Heavily ...

Gas Gangrene

Gas Gangrene