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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Lab Physicians 2019; 11(01): 094-096
DOI: 10.4103/JLP.JLP_108_18
Case Report

Clostridium sordelli as a cause of gas gangrene in a trauma patient

Vijeta Bajpai
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Aishwarya Govindaswamy
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Sonu Kumari Agrawal
Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Rajesh Malhotra
Department of Orthopaedics, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Purva Mathur
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Gas gangrene is a necrotic infection of the skin and soft tissue that is associated with high mortality and often necessitating amputation to control the infection. Clostridial myonecrosis is most often cause of gas gangrene and usually present in settings of trauma, surgery, malignancy, and other underlying immunocompromised conditions. The most common causative organism of clostridial myonecrosis is Clostridium perfringens followed by Clostridium septicum. Here, we are reporting an unusual case report of posttraumatic gas gangrene caused by Clostridium sordelli.

Key words

Clostridium sordelli - matrix-assisted laser desorption/Ionization-time-of-flight - myonecrosis - trauma


Publication History

Received: 08 August 2018

Accepted: 26 November 2018

Article published online:
06 April 2020

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