loading...| Preferred Name |
gas gangrene |
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| Synonyms |
gas gangrene myonecrosis gas bacillus infection |
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| Definitions |
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. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0005767 |
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| has_exact_synonym |
gas gangrene myonecrosis gas bacillus infection |
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| label |
gas gangrene |
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| prefixIRI |
MONDO:0005767 |
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| prefLabel |
gas gangrene |
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| textual definition |
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. |
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| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0023149 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0024295 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0000315 |