Vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess caused by gas gangrene presenting with complete paraplegia: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Gas gangrene is most often caused by Clostridium perfringens infection. Gas gangrene is a medical emergency that develops suddenly. The mortality rate is higher with trunk involvement than with involvement of the extremities, which carries a better prognosis. With respect to vertebral...

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Autores principales: Akagawa, Manabu, Kobayashi, Takashi, Miyakoshi, Naohisa, Abe, Eiji, Abe, Toshiki, Kikuchi, Kazuma, Shimada, Yoichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-015-0567-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-015-0567-y

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