Gas Gangrene
Gas gangrene (gas edema; ICD-10-GM A 48.0: Gas gangrene [gas edema]) describes an infection with clostridia of the gas gangrene group. In the majority of cases, the infection is due to wound contamination with the bacterium Clostridium perfringens. The gas gangrene group includes: Clostridium histolyticum Clostridium novyi Clostridium perfringens type A – responsible for 60-80% … Gas Gangrene