The objective of the study was to perform a comparative analysis of genetic similarity, with the use of pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), of Clostridium perfringens isolates originating from patients with gas gangrene and from the hospital environment. The study encompassed two patients with a clinical and microbiological diagnosis of gas gangrene, who were hospitalized in one of the hos...

Necrotizing fasciitis is one of the rare complications of misdiagnosed appendicitis with the mortality rate of over 25%.We report a 47-year old diabetic man admitted with necrotizing fasciitis of flank and abdominal wall secondary to acute appendicitis. The patient, with primary diagnosis of gas gangrene and necrotizing fasciitis, underwent surgical operation and after 3 months, elective append...

GAS GANGRENE is defined as an invasive anaerobic infection of muscle, which is characterised by massive tissue death and by variable degrees of gas production. It is caused by the following organisms of the Clostridial group: C. perfringens (welchii), C. novyi (oedematiens), C. septicum (feseri), C. fallax, C. bifermentans and C. histolyticum. There are numerous other strains within this group ...

A hard mass about the size of an almond was situated about 4 inches above the ulcer. In spite of energetic local and general treatment his condition became worse and three days after admission two more ulcers appeared near the first one. The margins of the ulcers progressively extended giving the appearance of large areas of gangrenous integument with a tendency to surrounding bleb forrn^" tion...

in some detail, with the aid of several figures, followed by chapters on stereoscopic localisation, tetanus, gas gangrene and wounds of the head, chest, joints and abdomen. In no case do the chapters pretend to completeness; they are merely notes on recent improvements in methods. The " Ambrine " treatment of burns is dealt with, and the newest antiseptics?Dichloramin-T, Acriflavine, and Brilli...

OBJECTIVES To show standard CT findings and their diagnostic usefulness in female patients suffering from Fournier's gangrene. METHOD/RESULT A woman who had undergone a previous lateral internal sphincterotomy presented to the emergency department with severe pain in the hypogastrium and perianal region; physical examination revealed an induration in the left buttock. CT images showed an absc...

was manipulated to relieve pressure on the skin over the dorsum of the foot, and a plaster-of-paris cast padded with sterilised cotton-wool was applied in the casualty-theatre, which is on the ground floor. Operation.-Next day he was operated on in theatre 1 of the main theatre suite (see figure). The skin of the ankle was incised, a large butterfly fragment of the fibula was wired, the torn jo...