Gas gangrene: Infection of deep tissues with anaerobic bacteria due to introduction of bacteria through a penetrating injury such as a battlefield or surgical wound; the bacterial kill the surrounding tissues and release gas within the tissues. See free access online books about Gas gangrene below. See detailed information below for a list of 19 causes of Gas gangrene, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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causes of Gas gangrene
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Gas gangrene: gangrene occurring in a wound infected with various anaerobic spore-forming bacteria, especially Clostridium perfringens and C. novyi, which cause rapidly advancing crepitation of the surrounding tissues, due to gas liberated by bacterial fermentation, and constitutional toxic and septic symptoms including cytotoxic damage to kidney, liver, and other organs. SYN: clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, gangrenous emphysema, progressive emphysematous necrosis.
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A severe condition resulting from bacteria invading healthy muscle from adjacent traumatized muscle or soft tissue. The infection originates in a wound contaminated with bacteria of the genus CLOSTRIDIUM. C. perfringens accounts for the majority of cases (over eighty percent), while C. noyvi, C. septicum, and C. histolyticum cause most of the other cases.
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(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by Clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon
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Medical Conditions associated with Gas gangrene:
Gangrene (5 causes), Necrosis (11 causes)
Symptoms related to Gas gangrene:
Infection (200 causes), Green skin, Dark skin (95 causes), Penetrating wounds, Battlefield injuries, Gross trauma causing deep tissue damage, Crush wounds, Dirty contaminated wounds, Intravenous drug use, Clostridium bacterial infection, Surgical wounds, Abdominal surgery, Intestinal perforation
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