Nagano Noriyuki, Isomine Shinji, Kato Haru, Sasaki Yoshimasa, Takahashi Motohide, Sakaida Koji, Nagano Yukiko, Arakawa Yoshichika
Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.
J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Apr;46(4):1545-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01895-07. Epub 2008 Feb 6.
The first human case of fulminant gas gangrene caused by Clostridium chauvoei, a pathogen causing ruminant blackleg, was confirmed for a 58-year-old man suffering from diabetes mellitus. The patient developed conspicuous emphysematous gangrene in the right chest wall as well as intravascular gas entrapments and died 2 h after hospital arrival.
首例由产气荚膜梭菌引起的暴发性气性坏疽人类病例得到确诊,该病原体可导致反刍动物黑腿病,患者为一名58岁的糖尿病男性。患者右胸壁出现明显的气性坏疽以及血管内气体栓塞,入院2小时后死亡。