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Infection due to clostridium perfringens
Gas gangrene
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. [from MONDO]
Gangrene
A serious and potentially life-threatening condition that arises when a considerable mass of body tissue dies (necrosis). [from HPO]
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