However, advanced gas gangrene infections caused by C . histolyticum may only be treatable through amputation of the infected limb.
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Other organisms may occasionally cause gas gangrene ( for example, " Klebsiella pneumoniae " in the context of diabetes ).
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If all devitalised tissue was removed, and there was no dead tissue lefty behind, the patient would not develop gas gangrene.
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In 1961 WH Brummelkamp et al . published on the use of hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of clostridial gas gangrene.
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The bacterium is a genetically tamed version of Clostridium novyi, a microbe that causes gas gangrene when it gets into wounds.
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Bearing the rank of colonel, his tireless work focused on smallpox, tetanus, gas gangrene, recurrent fever and influenza, and thousands of cases of typhus.
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Inspectors said, for example, that they believe Iraq produced three times the amount of anthrax and 16 times more gas gangrene than Baghdad declared.
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These data reveal that the MACPF domain is homologous to gram-positive pathogenic bacteria such as " Clostridium perfringens " ( which causes gas gangrene ).
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The report lists biological agents Iraq produced, including deadly botullinum toxin, anthrax and ricin; gas gangrene, which rots flesh; and aflatoxin, which causes liver cancer.
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While gas gangrene is easily diagnosed by the visible necrosis and characteristic smell, identifying " Clostridium histolyticum " as the causative agent is more difficult.
