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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.

SUBMITTER: Nagano N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2292918 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr

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Human fulminant gas gangrene caused by Clostridium chauvoei.

Nagano Noriyuki N Isomine Shinji S Kato Haru H Sasaki Yoshimasa Y Takahashi Motohide M Sakaida Koji K Nagano Yukiko Y Arakawa Yoshichika Y

Journal of clinical microbiology 20080206 4

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. ...[more]

PMID: 18256217

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