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*If only subcutis and fascia are involved - '''malignant oedema'''
 
*If only subcutis and fascia are involved - '''malignant oedema'''
 
*Toxaemia and septicaemia -> rapid death
 
*Toxaemia and septicaemia -> rapid death
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* A variation of wet gangrene.
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* Produced by [[:Category:Clostridium species|''Clostridia'']] organisms such as [[:Category:Clostridium species|''Clostridium chauvei'']] and ''[[Clostridium septicum]]''.
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** Organisms also form gas.
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* E.g. in [[Black Leg|Blackleg]], and [[:Category:Clostridium species|''Clostridia'']] contamination of wounds.
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