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Gas gangrene in mammals: a review [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 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.
Mauricio A Navarro, CARLOS Augusto Oliveira Junior, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva   +2 more
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Fatal Clostridium septicum gas gangrene complicating ECMO: case report and review of literature. [PDF]

Access Microbiol
Clostridium septicum gas gangrene is a severe and deadly infection caused by an anaerobic, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacillus. As previously described, two entities are observed: traumatic and spontaneous (or non-traumatic) forms.
Turban A, Joussellin V, Piau C, Cattoir V, Launey Y, Eustache G.   +5 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

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, Matthew D. Crawford, MD, Rajan T. Gupta, MD   +2 more
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Acute pancreatitis with pancreatic gas gangrene [PDF]

IDCases, 2023
Kento Furuya, Naoya Itoh
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Amentoflavone Attenuates Clostridium perfringens Gas Gangrene by Targeting Alpha-Toxin and Perfringolysin O

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020
Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) type A strains are the main cause of gas gangrene in humans and animals. Treatment of this lethal disease is limited, and the prognosis is not good.
Shui Liu, Shui Liu, Xiaofeng Yang, Xiaofeng Yang, Hong Zhang, Hong Zhang, Jian Zhang, Yonglin Zhou, Tingting Wang, Naiyu Hu, Xuming Deng, Xuming Deng, Xiaoxue Bai, Jianfeng Wang, Jianfeng Wang   +14 more
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Gas gangrene with Clostridium septicum in a neutropenic patient. [PDF]

Infection
Gas gangrene is a rare presentation of a necrotizing fasciitis, caused by Clostridium perfringens, C. septicum and other clostridial species. With its rapid progression it is a potentially life-threatening infection, that poses as a challenge in the ...
Perl T, Jacquemai M, Pedrazzi N, Grobholz R, Glaab R, Conen A, Plock JA.   +6 more
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A 52-Year-Old Diabetic Man with Poor Dental Hygiene, Right Dental Abscess, and Parapharyngeal Abscess with Gas Gangrene Due to Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection, Presenting with Septic Shock and Multiorgan Failure, Who Recovered After Surgical Neck Debridement. [PDF]

Am J Case Rep, 2023
Patient: Male, 52-year-old Final Diagnosis: Gas gangrene in the deep neck spaces with Klebsiella pneumoniae septicemia Symptoms: Painful swelling of the right-sided neck associated with spiking fever, confusion and dyspnea Clinical Procedure: Neck ...
Sookdee S, Jianbunjongkit N.
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First Comparative Analysis of Clostridium septicum Genomes Provides Insights Into the Taxonomy, Species Genetic Diversity, and Virulence Related to Gas Gangrene. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2021
Clostridium septicum is a Gram-positive, toxin-producing, and spore-forming bacterium that is recognized, together with C. perfringens, as the most important etiologic agent of progressive gas gangrene.
Thomas P, Abdel-Glil MY, Subbaiyan A, Busch A, Eichhorn I, Wieler LH, Neubauer H, Pletz M, Seyboldt C.   +8 more
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Rapidly progressive and fatal distant spontaneous gas gangrene due to Clostridium septicum after biopsy of malignant cecal mass

IDCases, 2021
Clostridium species are known to cause myonecrosis and gas gangrene which are often fatal infections in the setting of trauma but also spontaneously in certain populations such as colorectal malignancy, immunosuppression, and neutropenia.
Geetha Sivasubramanian
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A case report of iatrogenic gas gangrene post colonoscopy successfully treated with conservative management- is surgery always necessary?

BMC Gastroenterology, 2020
Background Colonoscopy is a routine procedure in diagnosis and treatment of colonic disease. While generally regarded as a safe procedure, potentially fatal complications can occur. Gas gangrene is one such complication, with very high mortality.
Lachlan J. Fairley, Samuel L. Smith, Stephen K. Fairley   +2 more
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