Gas gangrene.

Authors :: Lehner, P.J.
Powell, H.
Dollery, C.T.
Cohen, J.
Bloom, S.R.
Hodgson, H.J.F.
Rees, A.J.
Lumley, J.
Pusey, C.D.
Owen, E.R.T.C.
Winter, Robert
Source :: BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition). 7/27/91, Vol. 303 Issue 6796, p240. 3p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Graph.
Publication Year :: 1991
Abstract: Reports the responsiveness of gas gangrene infection to surgical and medical treatment. Cause of gas gangrene; Occurrence of infection when local tissue conditions and heavy bacterial contamination lead to tissue hypoxia; Description of gas gangrene occurring in an intravenous drug misuse.