About The Medical Condition Gas Gangrene

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Gas Gangrene

Gas Gangrene Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Gas Gangrene Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Gas Gangrene?

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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