title: Causes of gas gangrene seen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
abstract: Gas gangrene (clostridial myonecrosis) is rarely seen and this rarity, coupled with its dramatic presentation and often devastating outcome, makes each case of gas gangrene a spectacular and memorable experience. This study analyses the cases managed, the causes and outcome. Gunshot wounds, compounded by late presentation with its accompanying florid infections, were seen as the causes in 14 cases of gas gangrene seen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu during the four-year study period from July 2000 to June 2004.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria. nwankwooe@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Okechukwu Emmanuel
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Nwankwo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000150:complications; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*