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.
inclusion conjunctivitis
Lemierre's syndrome
lymphogranuloma venereum
malignant hyperthermia +
Muscle Tissue Neoplasms +
myopathy +
myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy
pertussis +
rippling muscle disease 1
Ritter's disease
sinoatrial node disease +
tetanus +
toxic shock syndrome
toxocariasis +
trachoma +
Synonyms
Exact Synonyms:
gas bacillus infection
;
gas gangrenes
;
myonecrosis