Clostridium perfringens gas gangrene
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Description: English: Postoperative pathologic findings of the muscle tissue obtained during surgical removal. Gram-stain, Zoom 1000×. Identification of gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria in the infected muscle tissue. The result is highly compatible to an infection with clostridium perfringens. Date: Published: 20 Oct 2008. Source: Diagnosis and misdiagnosis of necrotizing soft tissue infections: three case reports. Cases J 2008, 1:252. doi: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-252. Author: Engelbert Schröpfer, Stephan Rauthe and Thomas Meyer.
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- Firmicutes (gram-positive bacteria)
- Clostridia
- Clostridiales
- Clostridiaceae
- Clostridium
- Clostridium perfringens
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- Diagnosis and misdiagnosis of necrotizing soft tissue infections: three case reports. Cases J 2008, 1:252. doi: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-252
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