Needle aspiration from gas gangrene showed gram positive organism with subterminal spores which is the likely organism involved?
Ans : a) Cl.perfringensGas gangrene:* Incubation period-<3 days* Most common organism: Cl.perfringens '! Cl.novyi'! CLsepticum'! Cl.histolyticum .* Gas gangrene - malignant oedema/ clostridial myonecrosis* Negler reaction: Cl.perfringens* Citron bodies: cl.septicum* Death in gas gangrene: due to circulatory failure* Most important toxin biologically responsible for profound toxaemia of gas gangrene: a toxin (Lecithi- nase C)
Cl.perfringens
Cl.septicum
Cl.novyi
Cl.difficile
Clostridium