title: Unusual gas-forming infection with Escherichia coli.
abstract: Infections with non-clostridial gas-forming organisms are not often encountered in orthopaedic practice. We present here a case of gas-forming infection with Escherichia coli which occurred 10 months after internal fixation of a closed fracture of the femur in an 84-year-old diabetic woman who suffered from septic nephrolithiasis. The wound infection was considered to have arisen by spread from the organisms of the infected kidney.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000150:complications; D005740:Gases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D005740:Gases