Spontaneous clostridial myonecrosis with abdominal involvement in a nonimmunocompromised patient.
Spontaneous clostridial myonecrosis is a rare but aggressive disease usually associated with underlying immunosuppression or malignancy. We present a fatal case of clostridial myonecrosis arising in a patient with intact immune defenses.
Rich
R S
RS
Department of Emergency Medicine, Albany Medical Center, New York.
Salluzzo
R F
RF
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D009336:Necrosis; D011379:Prognosis; D012151:Resuscitation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents