Limb salvage after gas gangrene: a case report and review of the literature [PDF]
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2011 Gas gangrene is a necrotic infection of soft tissue associated with high mortality, often necessitating amputation in order to control the infection.
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Massive gas gangrene secondary to occult colon carcinoma [PDF]
Radiology Case Reports, 2016 Gas gangrene is a rare but often fatal soft-tissue infection. Because it is uncommon and the classic symptom of crepitus does not appear until the infection is advanced, prompt diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion.
Andrew S. Griffin, MD +2 more
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The Agr-Like Quorum-Sensing System Is Important for
mSphere, 2020 Clostridium perfringens type A is involved in gas gangrene in humans and animals. Following a traumatic injury, rapid bacterial proliferation and exotoxin production result in severe myonecrosis. C.
Mauricio A. Navarro +4 more
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Verbascoside Protects Mice From Clostridial Gas Gangrene by Inhibiting the Activity of Alpha Toxin and Perfringolysin O [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Gas gangrene, caused mainly by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens), causes death within 48 h of onset. Limited therapeutic strategies are available, and it is associated with extremely high mortality. Both C.
Jian Zhang +14 more
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Gas gangrene in mammals: a review. [PDF]
J Vet Diagn Invest, 2020 Gas gangrene is a necrotizing infection of subcutaneous tissue and muscle that affects mainly ruminants and horses, but also other domestic and wild mammals. Clostridium chauvoei, C. septicum, C. novyi type A, C. perfringens type A, and C. sordellii are the etiologic agents of this disease, acting singly or in combination.
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Sudden death due to gas gangrene caused by Clostridium septicum in goats [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2018 Background Even though gas gangrene caused by Clostridium septicum in goats is mentioned in the classical textbooks, we have not managed to find any case description in the literature.
Abdullah Gazioglu +6 more
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Inflammasome Activation Induced by Perfringolysin O of Clostridium perfringens and Its Involvement in the Progression of Gas Gangrene [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) is Gram-positive anaerobic, spore-forming rod-shaped bacterial pathogen that is widely distributed in nature. This bacterium is known as the causative agent of a foodborne illness and of gas gangrene.
Kiyonobu Yamamura +8 more
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The Role of X-Rays in the Treatment of Gas Gangrene: A Historical Assessment [PDF]
Dose-Response, 2012 While the use of x-rays to treat patients with gas gangrene ended in the early 1940's with the advent of antibiotics, x-ray had been widely accepted as a useful and highly effective treatment for this condition.
Edward J. Calabrese, Gaurav Dhawan
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CLOSTRIDIA IN GAS GANGRENE [PDF]
Bacteriological Reviews, 1949 Louis DeSpain Smith
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