Gas gangrene and intramuscular injection.

Gas gangrene in a diabetic after intramuscular injection.

A 47 year old male insulin-dependent diabetic developed two synchronous life-threatening Clostridium perfringens infections under unusual circumstances. Numerous sterile abscesses were also present, being the result of regular pentazocine intramuscular injections. Extensive surgical debridement and parenteral antibiotic therapy proved effective in treating the septicaemia and the large soft tis...

Fatal case of gas gangrene associated with intramuscular injections.

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Gas Gangrene

Gas Gangrene

Spontaneous fulminant gas gangrene.

Gas gangrene is a rare condition, usually associated with contaminated traumatic injuries. It carries a high rate of mortality and morbidity. A number of studies have implicated non-traumatic gas gangrene and colonic neoplasia. This paper reports a patient who presented spontaneously with Clostridium septicum gas gangrene and an occult caecal carcinoma.