Gas Gangrene

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.

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...

A Case of Gas Gangrene