Difference between revisions of "Gas Gangrene"
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** Organisms also form gas. | ** Organisms also form gas. | ||
* E.g. in [[Black Leg|Blackleg]], and [[:Category:Clostridium species|''Clostridia'']] contamination of wounds. | * E.g. in [[Black Leg|Blackleg]], and [[:Category:Clostridium species|''Clostridia'']] contamination of wounds. | ||
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Revision as of 18:54, 3 March 2011
- Causative agents: Clostridium septicum, C. novyi, C. perfringens, C. sordelli
- Normally in soil
- Bacteria gain entry as spores via penetrating wounds
- Serohaemorrhagic myositis
- If only subcutis and fascia are involved - malignant oedema
- Toxaemia and septicaemia -> rapid death
- A variation of wet gangrene.
- Produced by Clostridia organisms such as Clostridium chauvei and Clostridium septicum.
- Organisms also form gas.
- E.g. in Blackleg, and Clostridia contamination of wounds.