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	GANGRENE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Gangrene is defined as the gradual destruction of living tissue, due to an obstruction in the supply of blood and oxygen to an area of the body (Pipkin and Janelli, 2000).
		Wet gangrene is usually curable in the early stages with antibiotic therapy and excision of dead tissue (Griffith, 1995).
		Gas gangrene is often associated or confused with wet gangrene.
	www.podiatry.curtin.edu.au /encyclopedia/gangrene/gangrene4.html (1382 words)

	Gangrene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gangrene is necrosis and subsequent decay of body tissues caused by infection or thrombosis or lack of blood flow.
		Gangrene caused by lack of circulation in an injured or diseased area is called dry gangrene.
		The early signs of dry gangrene are a dull ache and sensation of coldness in the area, along with pallor of the flesh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gangrene (575 words)

	Gangrene \| Principal Health News
		Gangrene is the term used to describe the decay or death of an organ or tissue caused by a lack of blood supply.
		Gangrene, incontinence, and debility often are combined in patients with diabetes, and it is in the amputation stump of diabetic patients that gas gangrene is often found to occur.
		Gas gangrene is a medical emergency because of the threat of the infection rapidly spreading via the bloodstream and infecting vital organs.
	www.principalhealthnews.com /topic/topic100586857 (1925 words)

	Clostridial Infections
		Gas gangrene is a severe but rare infection of the skin and muscles that can occur when a wound or injury is contaminated by Clostridium bacteria found in soil.
		Gas gangrene is not contagious from person to person, but caregivers need to use standard precautions (like gloves and hand washing) when they care for contaminated wounds.
		Gas gangrene is usually treated in a hospital, with antibiotics and surgical removal of dead tissue around the wound.
	www.kidshealth.org /parent/infections/bacterial_viral/clostridium.html (514 words)

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		Gas gangrene occurs as a result of infection by Clostridium bacteria that, under anaerobic (low oxygen) conditions, produce toxins that cause the tissue death and associated symptoms.
		Gas gangrene is rare, with only 1,000 to 3,000 cases occurring in the United States annually.
		Gas may be felt in the tissue as a crackly sensation when the swollen area is pressed with the fingers.
	www.ajc.com /health/content/shared/health/adam/ency/article/000620.html (339 words)

	Medmicro Chapter 18
		Gas gangrene is an acute disease with a poor prognosis and often fatal outcome (Fig.
		Like gas gangrene, clostridial cellulitis is an infection of muscle tissue, but here the infecting organisms invade only tissue that is already dead; the infection does not spread to healthy, undamaged tissue.
		By the time the typical lesions of gas gangrene are evident, the disease usually is firmly established and the physician must treat the patient on a clinical basis without waiting for laboratory confirmation.
	gsbs.utmb.edu /microbook/ch018.htm (9599 words)

	Gangrene Health Guide - Health Guides Online
		Gangrene is the term given to a condition where an area of tissue becomes necrotic (dies) and is then subsequently invaded or "digested" by bacteria.
		What is known as "gas gangrene" is a particularly dangerous type of wet gangrene caused by a bacterial strain known as clostridium (although other bacterial strains have also been implicated).
		Tissue destruction in gas gangrene (which particularly affects muscle cells) is caused by a toxin produced by the clostridium bacteria which breaks down the lining or membrane that surrounds all of our cells.
	www.healthguidesonline.com /Gangrene.html (890 words)

	Gas Gangrene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Gas gangrene can be characterized as an intensely severe bacterial infection caused mainly by Clostridium perfringens (often referred to as Clostridium welchii).
		With the onset of gangrene occurring within 1 to 6 hours after the initial injury, and spreading at a rate of 1 to 6 inches per hour (Camporesi 14), treatment of this bacteria must begin immediately to save life or limb.
		While the prevalence of gas gangrene is not known (it is not a reportable disease), it is estimated that approximately 1000 cases occur annually in the United States alone (Heimbach 153).
	garnet.acns.fsu.edu /~jgl8870/gas_gangrene.htm (1734 words)

	Rapid Recovery Hyperbarics : Research References
		Gas Gangrene is a painful condition is which the body's soft tissues are destroyed by toxins produced by bacteria.
		Gas Gangrene is characterized by profound blood poisoning, extensive swelling, massive death of tissue and the production of gas in the affected areas.
		In gas gangrene the initial injury results in hypoxia, or lack of oxygen in the tissues.
	www.hbot4u.com /gasgangrene.html (360 words)

	Gas Gangrene: Bacterial Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
		Gas gangrene (clostridial myonecrosis) is a life-threatening infection of muscle tissue caused mainly by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium perfringens and several other Clostridium species.
		Gas gangrene is a fast-spreading clostridial infection of muscle tissue that quickly leads to death if untreated.
		Gas bubbles may be visible in the blister fluid or may be felt under the skin.
	www.merck.com /mmhe/sec17/ch190/ch190g.html (523 words)

	gangrene. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Dry gangrene, the most common form, follows a disturbance of the blood supply to the tissues, e.g., in diabetes, arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, or destruction of tissue by injury.
		Gangrene usually affects an arm or leg, but it may occur anywhere, e.g., pulmonary gangrene may follow an abscess of the lung.
		In gas gangrene, which results from the invasion of wounds by anaerobic bacteria, gas forms under the skin and a watery exudate is produced.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ga/gangrene.html (196 words)

	Saanendoah
		This addresses "dry" gangrene, gangrene resulting from bacterial infection in the udder, not to be confused with gas ("wet") gangrene, that can result from wound contamination with soil containing spores (alpha toxin) of Clostridiums.
		Gangrene mastitis is not a particular "kind" of mastitis, but most often the result of the most common mastitis' causing bacteria, coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus.
		Jenalee freshened with and raised triplets in 2003 and twins in 2004.
	www.saanendoah.com /gmastitis.html (543 words)

	Gas Gangrene - Patient UK
		Gas gangrene is caused by certain anaerobic, Gram-positive, spore-forming bacilli capable of producing exotoxins that damage living tissues.
		Gas gangrene may be clinically difficult to differentiate from necrotizing fasciitis in the early stages.
		Gas gangrene is a generic term which is simply applied to any gangrenous condition in which gas is formed in the tissues.
	www.patient.co.uk /showdoc/40002078 (742 words)

	Spears & MacLeod: Medical Links: Gangrene : Pharmasave :Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : GrassRoutes
		Gangrene is the death and decay of body tissue, often in a limb, caused by insufficient blood supply and usually following injury or disease.
		Gas gangrene is caused by an infection of anaerobic bacteria including various species of Clostridium.
		Gangrene is the death of an area of the body usually due to loss of blood supply.
	www.spearsmacleod.com /links/g/gangrene (1129 words)

	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: Case reports: Spontaneous bifocal Clostridium septicum gas gangrene
		Clostridium septicum gas gangrene (myonecrosis) is an acutely painful and rapidly fatal infection occurring in the absence of trauma.
		Gas gangrene or clostridial myonecrosis is a rare but potentially devastating condition.
		Spontaneous gas gangrene (myonecrosis) caused by infection with Clostridium septicum is very rare and has a unique association with cancer of the colon.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3767/is_200101/ai_n8929042 (871 words)

	Gangrene definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Gangrene: The death of body tissue due to the loss of blood supply to that tissue, sometimes permitting bacteria to invade it and accelerate its decay.
		Gas gangrene involves the invasion of a deep penetrating wound (in which the blood supply is compromised) by anaerobic bacteria (bacteria that can survive with little or no oxygen) such as members of Clostridium family of bacteria.
		Gas gangrene is an acute, painful, dangerous condition.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14506 (320 words)

	Clostridial Myositis and Myonecrosis (Gas Gangrene) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Clostridial myositis and myonecrosis is an acute, rapidly progressive infection of the soft tissues commonly known as “gas gangrene.” The infection is caused by one of several bacteria in the group known as “clostridium.” While more than 150 species of clostridium have been identified, only a few commonly cause gas gangrene.
		Gas gangrene infection is severe and can advance quickly.
		Hirn M. Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of gas gangrene and perineal necrotizing fasciitis: A clinical and experimental study.
	www.virginiamason.org /dbHyperbaricOxygen/sec180765.htm (359 words)

	Clostridium Terfringens and Gas Gangrene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Moist gangrene occurs when the blood supply is cut off long enough that cells in the isolated limb begin to die and secrete pus and other fluids.
		Gas gangrene is the most deadly type of gangrenous infection because it spreads so rapidly and does the most damage.
		Common symptoms of gangrenous infections are weeping wounds, brown pus, foul or sweet smell and visible rotting of the flesh.
	www.lcusd.net /lchs/mewoldsen/barnes.html (268 words)

	* Gas gangrene - (Disease): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Gangrene is the death of living cells or tissues of the body...
		Gas gangrene, also called myonecrosis, is a type of moist gangrene that is commonly caused by bacterial infection with Clostridium welchii, Cl. perfringes, Cl...
		In gas gangrene, which results from the invasion of wounds by anaerobic bacteria,...
	www.mimihu.com /disease/gas_gangrene.html (228 words)

	The MSDS HyperGlossary: Gangrene
		Gangrene is the death and decay of body tissue, often occurring in a limb, caused by insufficient blood supply and usually following injury or disease.
		Gangrene is usually noticed by the fl color of the affected tissue (resulting from formation of iron sulfide from decomposed hemoglobin) and a putrid (foul) odor.
		In fact, oxygen is a poison to these kinds of bacteria and one effective treatment for gas gangrene is to place the victim in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, one that contains 100% oxygen at a pressure 2 to 3 times normal atmospheric pressure.
	www.ilpi.com /msds/ref/gangrene.html (349 words)

	eMedicine - Gas Gangrene : Article by Hoi Ho, MD
		Pathophysiology: An anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming bacillus of the genus Clostridium causes gas gangrene.
		Patients with postoperative gas gangrene frequently have a history of recent surgery of the GI tract or the biliary tract.
		In summary, the typical signs and symptoms of gas gangrene are severe pain and tenderness, local swelling to massive edema, skin discoloration with hemorrhagic blebs and bullae, nonodorous or sweet odor, crepitus, fever, relative tachycardia, and altered mental status.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic843.htm (3427 words)

	Gangrene
		Gangrene is the medical term for the death of a patch of tissue.
		Gas produced by the infecting bacteria may produce a crackly sensation when the swollen area is pressed.
		In a deep wound in which gangrene is suspected, this type of culture is known as an anaerobic culture, since it detects organisms, such as Clostridium, that cannot live in the presence of oxygen.
	www.healthsquare.com /mc/fgmc9031.htm (1037 words)

	Gas Gangrene \| Free Term Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Gas gangrene is a severe form of gangrene which is also known as tissue death.
		Gas gangrene is a disease that is very difficult to treat.
		Gas gangrene is a form of gangrene (tissue death) usually caused by a bacterium known as clostridium porringers, but many other bacteria can cause the same effects.
	www.oppapers.com /term-papers/50544.html (210 words)

	eMedicine - Gas Gangrene : Article by Wende R Reenstra-Buras, MD, PhD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Traumatic gas gangrene (most common infection type) occurs through direct inoculation of a contaminated ischemic wound and occasionally after a surgical procedure.
		Spontaneous gas gangrene is caused by hematogenous spread of toxin-producing bacteria (often in patients who are immunocompromised or those with diabetes).
		Gas gangrene is highly associated with hematologic and gastrointestinal malignancies.
	www.emedicine.com /emerg/topic211.htm (2450 words)

	CHAPTER 5 Gas Gangrene \| NZETC
		The priority as regards operation was commonly arranged not by the extent of the wound, but by the presence of anaerobic infection, which was generally rapidly detected by the characteristic smell and often by the discoloration of the skin.
		Gas infection can be said to have been the main anxiety of the forward surgeon in France in the First World War.
		The latter was associated with the presence of gas in the muscles and also in the subcutaneous tissues, but gangrene did not occur nor was there the profound toxaemia associated with the gangrene cases.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Surg-pt1-c5.html (1430 words)

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