title: Fatal retroperitoneal gas gangrene complicating colonoscopic polypectomy without bowel perforation in a healthy adult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain and Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI RD12/0015), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonet
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garcia-Huete
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pasqualetto
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain and CIBERES (CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Fe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tubau
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain and Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI RD12/0015), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carratalà
mesh_terms: D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D003016:Clostridium perfringens; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005734:Gangrene / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D012188:Retropneumoperitoneum / Q000382:microbiology