Gas-producing infections after lower-limb amputation because of ischemia

✍ Scribed by B. Krebs; B. N. Møller; B. H. Jensen

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 234 KB
• Volume: 104
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-3916
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00454434

✦ Synopsis

During the period 1972During the period -1982, 22 , 22

patients with gas-producing infections after lower-limb amputation because of ischemia were reviewed In 16 cases bacteria of the genus Clostridium could be cultured. Treatment consisted of hyperbaric oxygen, surgical debridement, and antibiotics The incubation period was 1-11 days after the primary amputation, and the duration of the infection 2-31 days, significantly lower among 14 patients with diabetes mellitus There was no difference in the course of clostridial and nonclostridial infections No deaths were attributable to gas-forming infection.