Gas Gangrene
- 22 November 1973
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 289 (21), 1129-1131
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197311222892107
Abstract
THE etiologic agents of gas gangrene (genus clostridium) are large gram-positive anaerobic rods that possess a central or subterminal spore. Six species (Clostridium perfringens, C. novyi [oedematiens], C. septicum, C. histolyticum, C. bifermentans and C. fallax) cause gas gangrene in man. Individual lesions often yield more than one species; C. perfringens is the one most commonly recovered (80 per cent), and next in frequency are C. novyi (40 per cent) and C. septicum (20 per cent).1 , 2 All require nearly complete anaerobiosis and a low redox potential for growth. Clostridia are saprophytes; both the vegetative and spore forms are . . .Keywords
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