GAS GANGRENE AS SEEN AT THE CASUALTY CLEARING STATIONS

Geriatric emergencies seen in the Casualty Department.

Fournier's Gangrene as Seen in University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital

Background. Fournier's gangrene is uncommon but increasingly being seen over the last two decades probably due to increasing socioeconomic problems including an upsurge in HIV infection especially in the tropics. Patients and Methods. The study retrospectively reviewed all patients with Fournier's gangrene managed in UMTH between January 2007 and December 2012. Results. Thirty-eight males aged ...

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.