The appearance of extensive soft-tissue gas after trauma is often interpreted as a sign of gas gangrene. Three patients with minor finger wounds were referred for treatment of gas gangrene because ...

Gas gangrene, the notorious infectious disease of two world wars can still be a problem today. Researchers report that Clostridium perfringens, the bacterium responsible for gas gangrene in people, ...

There was a great deal of optimism in the earlier part of the war about the relatively small number of cases of gas gangrene encountered in the various theaters where the British and American troops ...

The crystal and molecular structure of the Clostridium perfringens α-toxin crowns over a century-long research into the mechanisms of pathogenesis of gas gangrene. The structure reveals a two-domain ...

Woman injecting herself in the thigh. The 60-year-old male patient presented to the ED complaining of "the worst pain in his life" in his right thigh. A rare case of clostridial gas gangrene following ...

IN gas gangrene infections it is important to determine the infecting organism as quickly as possible, but hitherto there has been no satisfactory method available for the rapid recognition of Cl.

Gangrene is caused due to tissue death that results from stoppage of blood supply to the affected organ. Blood vessels carry red blood cells that in turn carry life giving oxygen to all tissues. Blood ...

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