title: [Gas gangrene cases in Hungary 1979-1986].
abstract: The authors evaluate epidemiologic data of 182 patients suffering from gas gangrene during an eight year period from 1979 to 1986. Of the patients surveyed 127 died; thus lethality reached 69.2%. The average age of the survivors was 49.9 year as opposed to the 66.1 year of the fatal cases. More than half of the illnesses followed amputation of extremities, and a quarter of them was a consequence of an accident. Samples of the bacteriologically examined wound discharges yielded in 93.1% bacteria from the Clostridium genus. Hygiene was poor in operation theatres and in the hospital environment in 1/4-th of the cases. Sixty six patients died within 24 hours after diagnosis. The presented data suggest that in Hungary the number of gas gangrene cases and deaths surpass those of tetanus.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sere
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Páll
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petrás
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szönyi
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Gázgangraena megbetegedések Magyarországon 1979-1986-ban.