Gas bacillus infections: Two unusual cases

Soft Tissue Gas Gangrene: A Severe Complication of Emphysematous Cholecystitis

“…Another less common causative factor is emphysematous cholecystitis (Soscia and Grace 1965;Chetta et al 1982). This term, which was fi rst described by Pende (1907), is used to state a rare type of acute cholecystitis, which is characterized by air collection in the gallbladder wall.…”

Non-traumatic clostridial myositis: an unusual feature of brain death

“…In addition to the epithelial break due to the neoplasia or its treatment, the metabolic and immunological changes associated with neoplasia may contribute to create a local environment favourable to infection. Likewise, diabetes has been found related to non-metastatic spontaneous clostridial myositis (Soscia and Grace, 1965;Mzabi, et al, 1975). Surprisingly, cancer chemotherapy and diabetes do not seem to be frequently associated with clostridial myositis arising at a site distant from a visceral lesion (Jendrzejewski et al, 1978).…”

Non-traumatic gas gangrene in the abdomen: report of six autopsy cases

“…3,4 Most non-traumatic gas gangrene is associated with underlying diseases which cause immunodeficiency, such as malignancy, [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] hematological disease, [12][13][14][15][16] and diabetes mellitus. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][17][18][19][20] Non-traumatic DOC, disturbance of consciousness; DM, diabetes mellitus; LC, liver cirrhosis; DKA, diabetic ketoacidosis; DIC, disseminated intravascular coagulation; ARF, acute renal failure; DOA, dead on arrival; WBC, white blood cell count; RBC, red blood cell count; Hb, hemoglobin; Ht, hematocrit; Plt, platelet count; ERS, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, C-reactive protein; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; G-GTP, gamma-glutamyle transpeptidase; T.Bil., total bilirubin; D.Bil., direct bilirubin; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; Cre, creatinine; BS, blood sugar; s-amylase, serum amylase; BGA, arterial blood gas analysis; FiO 2 , oxygen concentration of inspiratory gas; BE, base excess; HCVAb, hepatitis C viral antibody; N/A, not available 2 days after admission. Case 6 was a 54-year-old woman with a history of alcoholic liver cirrhosis.…”