A case of acute onset postoperative gas gangrene caused by Clostridium perfringens

BACKGROUND: Gas gangrene is a necrotic infection of soft tissue associated with high mortality rates. We report a case of postoperative gas gangrene with very acute onset and rapid progression of symptoms. To our knowledge, this case is the most acute onset of postoperative gas gangrene ever reporte...

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Autores principales: Takazawa, Tomonori, Ohta, Jou, Horiuchi, Tatsuo, Hinohara, Hiroshi, Kunimoto, Fumio, Saito, Shigeru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4973043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27488346
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-2194-0

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