Microbiology and management of gaseous gangrene:the Sichuan experience of 20 earthquake cases
Jiang, N.; Chen, S.-L.; Wu, J.-Y.
Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 47(9): 715-717
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0578-1426 PMID: 19080191 Document Number: 627533
Wound secretion from 20 patients with gaseous gangrene was collected for Gram staining, bacterial culture and drug sensitivity tests. The results indicated that gaseous gangrene was caused by the co-infection of both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Gram-negative bacilli were slightly more common than other aerobic bacteria in gaseous gangrene wound, which was different from the findings of ordinary gaseous gangrene.