title: Necrotising pneumonia and empyema due to Clostridium perfringens complicating pulmonary embolus.
abstract: A fatal case of necrotising pneumonia due to Clostridium perfringens developing as a complication of pulmonary infarction is reported.
authors.affiliation: Churchill Hospital, Oxford.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bashir
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Benson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004653:Empyema / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology