Gas gangrene panophthalmitis.

Gas gangrene panophthalmitis treated with hyperbaric oxygen.

A rare case of orbital mucormycosis with gas gangrene panophthalmitis.

Mucormycosis is a disease caused by a fungus from the Phycomycetes class and the Mucorales order. Phycomycetes are ubiquitous fungi occurring in soil, air, skin, body orifices, manure, and food. They are commonly seen in diabetics, particularly in patients with ketoacidosis.'" Numerous other predisposing conditions have been reported.2 36 Gas gangrene refers to a necrotising infection of the so...

Clostridial ocular infections. Case report of gas gangrene panophthalmitis.

Introduction THERE has been recent interest in the ophthalmological and general medical literature on the prophylactic treatment of tetanus. However, tetanus is only one disease caused by the spore-forming, Gram-positive, obligate, anaerobic rods known as the Clostridia. In addition to tetanus this group of pathogens also causes gas gangrene and botulism. The most common offenders of this speci...

Bacillus cereus panophthalmitis associated with intraocular gas

It has become increasingly apparent that Bacillus cereus can cause a severe and devastating form of endophthalmitis following penetrating trauma by a metallic object. B. cereus is an uncommon aetiological agent in non-clostridial gas-forming infections. The patient studied in this single case report showed evidence of intraocular gas mimicking gas gangrene infection. The physiology of non-clost...

Gas Gangrene