title: [Gas gangrene of the orbit].
abstract: This case report describes a penetrating injury of the orbit damaging the inferior division of the oculomotor nerve and causing a Clostridium perfringens inflammation of the orbit within 24 hours.
authors: Klinik für Augenkrankheiten, Kantonsspital St. Gallen.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Speiser
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Sutter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004322:Drainage; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D002981:Clindamycin; D000658:Amoxicillin
vernacular_title: Gasbrand der Orbita.