A Case of Gas Gangrene of the Right Foot: Clinical Presentation and Management.

Gas gangrene is a rare, life-threatening infection caused mainly by and other species, such as , , , and . Other microbial pathogens also reported to cause gas gangrene are and . It is fulminant and associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, especially in patients with underlying comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus. Major underlying etiology is associated with a history of trauma or surgical wounds exposed to soil and fecal matter containing the causative microbes. This is a case of a 53-year-old man with unmanaged diabetes presenting with gas gangrene in his right lower limb. He was managed by below-knee amputation. The histopathological analysis confirmed as the causative organism.