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

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 382-390

  Sasaki, Toshiki ^a,b   Nanjo, Hiroshi ^b,c   Takahashi, Masato ^b   Sugiyama, Tatsuo ^b   Ono, Iwao ^a   Masuda, Hikotake ^b  

^a NAKADORI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Yuri Kumiai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy case; Clostridium; Electron microscopy; Non traumatic gas gangrene

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; GAS GANGRENE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; JAPAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034042551     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050365     Document Type: Article

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