GAS GANGRENE AND TETANUS

Gas Gangrene

Gas Gangrene

A Case of Gas Gangrene and Tetanus Treated with Sulphapyridine *Paper rearranged by editor.

t0 p, the whole hand would slough off by degrees, and -Ck ^.e Possible danger of infection, sulphapyridine of j ^1Ven in an initial dose of 3 gm. within four hours ^?lury and 3 more grammes that day. the morninSi the forearm swelled extensively up to t0 ^|bow and by the evening the swelling reached up high f armpit; the patient was toxic, and had a Colo emPerature. The injured * part was purple...

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.

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...