"Gas Gangrene" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D005738
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.222.440
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| Concept/Terms |
Gas Gangrene- Gas Gangrene
- Gangrene, Gas
- Gangrenes, Gas
- Gas Gangrenes
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gas Gangrene" by people in Profiles.
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Clostridial gas gangrene: evidence that alpha and theta toxins differentially modulate the immune response and induce acute tissue necrosis. J Infect Dis. 1997 Jul; 176(1):189-95.
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Clinical courses of seven survivors of Clostridium septicum infection and their immunologic responses to alpha toxin. Clin Infect Dis. 1994 Oct; 19(4):761-4.