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  • Title: Gas gangrene in a wound treated without skin closure: a case report.
    Author: Buchanan JR, Gordon SL.
    Journal: Clin Orthop Relat Res; 1980 May; (148):233-6. PubMed ID: 7379398.
    Abstract:
    Clostridial myonecrosis developed in a compound tibial fracture wound left open after extensive surgical debridement. The patient survived after having a below-knee amputation and postoperative erythromycin. Prophylactically administered cephalothin failed to prevent the clostridial infection.
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