Preferred Name

Gas Gangrene [Disease/Finding]

Synonyms

Gas Gangrene

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000001311

altLabel

Gas Gangrene

cui

C0017105

MESH 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.

MESH DUI

D005738

MeSH name

Gas Gangrene

MESH UI

M0008993

NDFRT kind

DISEASE_KIND

notation

N0000001311

NUI

N0000001311

prefLabel

Gas Gangrene [Disease/Finding]

SNOMED CID

80466000

tui

T047

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000000796

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