title: [Gas gangrene after cholecystectomy].
abstract: We report on a case of an infection by clostridium perfringens (gas gangrene) following cholecystectomy and ERCP. Reviewing the literature, mode and risk of infection and principles of therapy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, St.-Bernward-Krankenhaus Hildesheim.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krause-Bergmann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fleischer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D042882:Gallstones / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012086:Reoperation; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000473:pathology; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Gasbrandinfektion nach Cholecystektomie.