Non mechanical traumatic gas gangrene: forgotten but not gone

We report a case of gas gangrene in a non diabetic HIV sero negative young male who succumbed to death within 60 hours following an intramuscular injection in rural India. Occurrence of GG after intramuscular injection is rare and only a few cases has been reported so far in the literature

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Subramanian Senthilkumaran, Ritesh G. Menezes, Sadip Pant, Namasivayam Balamurugan, Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-08-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1823