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  • Title: Human fulminant gas gangrene caused by Clostridium chauvoei.
    Author: Nagano N, Isomine S, Kato H, Sasaki Y, Takahashi M, Sakaida K, Nagano Y, Arakawa Y.
    Journal: J Clin Microbiol; 2008 Apr; 46(4):1545-7. PubMed ID: 18256217.
    Abstract:
    The first human case of fulminant gas gangrene caused by Clostridium chauvoei, a pathogen causing ruminant blackleg, was confirmed for a 58-year-old man suffering from diabetes mellitus. The patient developed conspicuous emphysematous gangrene in the right chest wall as well as intravascular gas entrapments and died 2 h after hospital arrival.
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