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Gas Gangrene  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • 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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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-W609C0F3-5

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 01/01/1999, dernière modification le 17/06/2019