Human fulminant gas gangrene caused by Clostridium chauvoei.
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.
Nagano
Noriyuki
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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.
Isomine
Shinji
S
Kato
Haru
H
Sasaki
Yoshimasa
Y
Takahashi
Motohide
M
Sakaida
Koji
K
Nagano
Yukiko
Y
Arakawa
Yoshichika
Y
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
D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S