Tissue gas due to bacterial growth implies a serious infection, and in the case of gas gangrene such an infection may be rapidly fatal. However, most nonbacterial causes of tissue gas are not ...

Clostridial myositis, also known as gas gangrene, malignant edema, or clostridial myonecrosis, is an infection of skeletal muscle by any of several Clostridium species. Pathogenic bacteria within the ...

A 38-year-old dairy farmer from Kerala's Kannur lost his right hand after a bacterial infection from a fish bite turned life-threatening, and the doctors had to amputate it. Listen to Story Kerala man ...

Gas gangrene, caused by Clostridium bacteria, is extremely rare but highly dangerous. The infection spreads rapidly through the body and can be life-threatening.

In Kozhikode, Rajeesh was diagnosed with gas gangrene, a rare bacterial infection affecting only 1 in 100,000 individuals. Gas gangrene is a life-threatening infection caused by Clostridium bacteria, ...

It is the most common cause of food poisoning in the United States. Symptoms of C. perfringens food poisoning last a day or ...

Gas gangrene typically occurs when wounds (especially deep ones) come in contact with foreign objects containing bacteria.

Gas gangrene: Gas gangrene happens when you get an infection deep inside your body. Bacteria called clostridia release dangerous toxins or poisons, along with gas that can be trapped in your tissue.

Bacteria can switch from respiring oxygen to nitric oxide in various environments such as wetlands, soils, or lakes, for example, when oxygen levels are ten percent lower than what is normally found ...

Michelle Wardrope's family was told to prepare for her funeral after the 44-year-old mother contracted a rare and deadly bacterial infection from a minor cut.