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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > infectious diseases and infestations > infectious diseases > bacterial infections > gas gangrene
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > infectious diseases and infestations > infectious diseases > bacterial infections > gas gangrene
Preferred Term:

gas gangrene

Definition:
A severe condition resulting from bacteria invading healthy muscle from adjacent traumatized muscle or soft tissue. The infection originates in a wound contaminated with bacteria of the genus Clostridium. C. perfringens accounts for the majority of cases (over eighty percent), while C. noyvi, C. septicum, and C. histolyticum cause most of the other cases.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
bacterial infections
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/324039
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RDF/XMLCreated 2018-09-04, last modified 2018-11-14