title: Human fulminant gas gangrene caused by Clostridium chauvoei.
abstract: The first human case of fulminant gas gangrene caused by Clostridium chauvoei, a pathogen causing ruminant blackleg, was confirmed for a 58-year-old man suffering from diabetes mellitus. The patient developed conspicuous emphysematous gangrene in the right chest wall as well as intravascular gas entrapments and died 2 h after hospital arrival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan. yarakawa@nih.go.jp.
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isomine
authors.forename: Haru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Yoshimasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Motohide
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakaida
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: Yoshichika
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D046975:Clostridium chauvoei / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000032:analysis; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S