Gas gangrene complicating limb trauma.
A consecutive series of 18 patients with clostridial myonecrosis has been reviewed. The two deaths were attributed to other causes. A treatment regimen including repeated debridement and excision of all non-viable tissue, and therapeutic antibiotics is outlined. Hyperbaric oxygenation has been omitted from our treatment program.
D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005121:Extremities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography
D005839:Gentamicins; D002981:Clindamycin; D010400:Penicillin G