Clostridium Infections

Infections with bacteria of the genus clostridium.

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Gram stain of a muscle biopsy showing Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria in the infected muscle tissue: The result is highly compatible with an infection with 'C. perfringens'.

Hemipelvectomy being performed on a patient suffering from gas gangrene.

Muscle biopsy examined under the microscope (haematoxylin-eosin stain, zoom 100×): the large white areas between the muscle fibers are due to gas formation.

Gas gangrene of the shoulder.

Hemipelvectomy being performed on a patient suffering from gas gangrene.

Macroscopic and microscopic findings from a patient who died from intestinal (bowel) gas gangrene (a) Macroscopic picture of the edematous intestinal wall with multiple submucosal and subserosal cysts (b) Histological picture of the intestinal mucosa with nonreactive necrosis (c) Gram stain of cysts with large, rod-shaped bacteria (d) Electron microscopic picture of a bacterium found in a submucosal cyst

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