[Diagnostic image (2). (Gas gangrene of diabetic foot)].
A 63-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus type 2 and an ulcer on the foot developed gas gangrene and was treated with antibiotics and surgical excision. She died before she could be treated with hyperbaric oxygen.
van der Meer
J W
JW
Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Inwendige Geneeskunde, Nijmegen.
D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged