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  • Title: Clostridium septicum infection associated with perforation of colon diverticulum.
    Author: San Ildefonso A, Maruri I, Facal C, Casal E.
    Journal: Rev Esp Enferm Dig; 2002 Jun; 94(6):361-6. PubMed ID: 12432593.
    Abstract:
    Non-traumatic or spontaneous gas gangrene by Clostridium septicum is a rare infection in humans, characterised by extensive destruction of muscle tissue, a mortality rate of 100% if left untreated (1), and often associated with haematological or colorectal diseases. An associated malignancy was found in 80% of patients with Clostridium septicum infection: 34% had a colorectal carcinoma and 40% had a haematological malignancy (2); the infection usually lies in an often-ulcerated intestinal lesion (3). We report here a case of spontaneous gas gangrene by Clostridium septicum in the right thigh due to perforation of a diverticulum in the sigmoid colon.
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