[Gas gangrene--case diagnosis].

Abstract

Anaerobic spore-forming bacteria from species Clostridium perfringens is commonly present in soil and in the intestines of men and animals. Clostridium perfringens type A are responsible for gas gangrene men and animals. This paper describes gas gangrene case after limb amputation at 69-year-old man, treated for diabetes since several years. Used multiplex PCR generated amplification product 900 bp size (cpa) responsible for coding alpha toxin (CPA) present at Clostridium perfringens type A.

• Authors: Elzbieta Wojdat, Krzysztof Kwiatek, Henryk Zdrojewski, Lidia Krupa
• Journal: Przeglad epidemiologiczny (Przegl Epidemiol) Vol. 59 Issue 4 Pg. 859-63 ( 2005) ISSN: 0033-2100 [Print] Poland
• Vernacular Title: Zachorowanie na zgorzel gazowa--opis diagnozowania przypadku.
• PMID: 16729427 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Bacterial Toxins
• Calcium-Binding Proteins
• Type C Phospholipases
• alpha toxin, Clostridium perfringens

Topics

• Aged
• Bacterial Toxins (isolation & purification)
• Calcium-Binding Proteins (isolation & purification)
• Clostridium perfringens (isolation & purification)
• Diabetic Foot (surgery)
• Gas Gangrene (microbiology)
• Humans
• Male
• Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Recombination, Genetic
• Type C Phospholipases (isolation & purification)