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Fournier’s gangrene mimicking an acute epididymitis
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2021 Fournier’s gangrene is a urologic emergency secondary to a necrotizing soft tissue infection. Fournier’s gangrene is characterized by severe pain and features of Fournier’s gangrene may include edema, blisters and bullae, crepitus, subcutaneous gas, and ...
Kalee Larsen +4 more
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Limb salvage after gas gangrene: a case report and review of the literature
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.
Koutroumpas John +5 more
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Radiological diagnosis of gas gangrene in a fetus at term
Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2016 Objective: To report a case of gas gangrene in a fetus at term, which was diagnosed by antenatal computed tomography (CT) imaging. Case Report: A 23-year-old primiparous woman, who did not undergo any prenatal health checks until term, developed ...
Kanako Abe +5 more
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Gas gangrene following implant removal after the union of a tibial plateau fracture: a case report
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2018 Background Gas gangrene is an invasive, fatal anaerobic infection that is characterized by acute, rapid evolution and high mortality. Gas gangrene is often secondary to open fractures with deep wounds but is extremely rare in the patients undergoing ...
Shanxi Wang, Lei Liu
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Treatment of Gas Gangrene [PDF]
BMJ, 1944 The case-fatality rate of gas gangren? in the present war has been approximately 50%. Even with the low incidence found in desert warfare the disease accounts for a considerable pro portion of the deaths from wounds (Pulvertaft, 1943 ; Wiles, 1944), and becomes a more serious problem when the incidence rises, as it is already known to have risen, with ...
J D, Maclennan, M G, Macfarlane
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Sudden death due to gas gangrene caused by Clostridium septicum in goats
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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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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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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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2008 Introduction Pneumatosis coli is a rare disease with heterogeneous symptoms which can be detected in the course of various acute and chronic intestinal diseases in children, such as necrotizing enterocolitis, intestinal obstruction and intestinal ...
Kircher Stefan +3 more
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