title: Gas gangrene in patient with atherosclerosis obliterans.
abstract: Clostridia are the main cause of nontraumatic spontaneous gas gangrene. Poor blood flow due to arterial occlusion exacerbates the anaerobic condition. Fulminant gas gangrene in a 54-year-old man with atherosclerosis obliterans was treated by revascularization of the iliac artery using endarterectomy, and his gangrenous lower leg was amputated. However, he died from renal failure.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. mniimi@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niimi
authors.forename: Yosifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Shigenao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takami
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001162:Arteriosclerosis Obliterans / Q000150:complications*; D004691:Endarterectomy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged