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è â Gas Gangrene Cardinal
- Disproportionate pain + bronze/dusky skin + bullae + crepitus + æ¥ toxicity
- X-ray gas in muscle â ç«å³ surgical consult
- Donât wait for culture â empirical immediately
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- Emergent debridement > antibiotic
- PCN G + Clindamycin (toxin suppress, ribosome)
- ± HBO
- ICU resus
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è â C. septicum
- Spontaneous myonecrosis = occult GI malignancy (倧è
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æ¥ colonoscopy
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è â C. perfringens Food Poisoning
- 8-16 hr æœäŒ, watery diarrhea, no vomit/fever
- ç¡ antibiotic
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è â C. sordellii TSS-like
- Post-partum, post-abortion, mifepristone, IDU
- No fever, no rash, refractory shock, leukemoid rxn
- Mortality 80%