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1: J Formos Med Assoc. 1995 Dec;94(12):757-9.Links

Gas composition in Clostridium septicum gas gangrene.

Chi CH, Chen KW, Huang JJ, Chuang YC, Wu MH.

Department of Emergency Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.

Clostridial gas gangrene (myonecrosis) is a rare but catastrophic condition that usually occurs in patients with underlying diseases. This paper reports a fatal case of spontaneous clostridial gas gangrene in a 60-year-old female diabetic patient. The composition of gas samples from the patient's damaged muscle was analyzed. The results showed 5.9% hydrogen, 3.4% carbon dioxide, 74.5% nitrogen and 16.1% oxygen. This gas composition supports the belief that such gas production occurs via glucose fermentation. This is the first time such an analysis has been performed in a clinical case of spontaneous clostridial gas gangrene.

PMID: 8541740 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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