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Results 1 - 9 of 9 for Gas gangrene
  1. Gas gangrene 
    Gas gangrene is a potentially deadly form of tissue death ( gangrene ). ... Gas gangrene is most often caused by bacteria called Clostridium perfringens. Also, it can occasionally be caused caused ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000620.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Gas gangrene (image) 
    Gas gangrene is a severe form of gangrene (tissue death) caused by the bacterium Clostridium perfringens. Patients with ... vascular diseases are more prone to spontaneously develop gas gangrene, which is rapidly progressive and often fatal.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/17188.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Gas gangrene (image) 
    Gas gangrene is a severe form of gangrene (tissue death) caused by the bacterium Clostridium perfringens. It generally ... causing painful swelling and destruction of involved tissue. Gas gangrene is rapidly progressive and often fatal.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/17190.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Gangrene 
    ... body (such as gangrene of the gallbladder or gas gangrene ), the symptoms may include: Confusion Fever Gas in tissues beneath the skin General ill feeling ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007218.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Spores 
    ... the bacteria that cause a rare condition called gas gangrene and a type of colitis that is linked ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002307.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy 
    ... infections Decompression sickness (for example, a diving injury) Gas gangrene Necrotizing soft tissue infections Radiation injury (for example, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002375.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Subcutaneous emphysema 
    ... and legs or torso after certain infections, including gas gangrene , or after scuba diving. (Scuba divers with asthma ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003286.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Intestinal obstruction and Ileus 
    ... present. Hernias, volvulus, and intussusception carry a higher gangrene risk. In a newborn, paralytic ileus that destroys the bowel wall (necrotizing enterocolitis) is a life-threatening condition. It may lead to blood and lung infections.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000260.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Antiphospholipid syndrome - APS 
    ... liver, and other organs throughout the body, and gangrene in the limbs. CAPS has a high mortality ... In: Firestein GS, Budd RC, Gabriel SE, Koretzky GA, McInnes IB, O'Dell JR, eds. Firestein & Kelly's ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000547.htm - Medical Encyclopedia