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- è: Gram + anaerobic spore-formers â C. perfringens (#1), C. septicum, C. novyi, C. histolyticum, C. sordellii
- èšåº:
- Gas gangrene (clostridial myonecrosis): æ¥ + èŽåœ + crepitus + bullae + é«åç
- Cellulitis without myonecrosis (clostridial anaerobic cellulitis)
- é£ç©äžæ¯ (C. perfringens type A): 倧è
ž toxin, watery è
¹ç 8-16 hr
- C. septicum bacteremia: ~ 50% + GI malignancy / leukemia â å¿
æ¥ colonoscopy
- C. sordellii: post-partum, post-abortion, IDU, MIFEPRISTONE-induced â TSS-like æ»äº¡ quickly
- æ²»ç: emergent surgical debridement + PCN G high-dose + Clindamycin (toxin suppression) + ICU + ± HBO
1ïžâ£ 现èåž
- Gram + anaerobic rods, spore-forming
- 廣åå壀ãç³ãGI tract
- C. perfringens: capsule, double-zone hemolysis, lecithinase + (Nagler)
- Toxins: α-toxin (lecithinase/phospholipase C) â 现èèæº¶, hemolysis, vascular leak
- Ξ-toxin (perfringolysin O â cholesterol-dependent cytolysin)
- κ, ÎŒ, Μ â collagenase, hyaluronidase
2ïžâ£ Gas Gangrene (Clostridial Myonecrosis)
æµè¡ç
åž
- Trauma åŸ (deep wound, devitalized muscle): æ°ç / å·¥å· / è»çŠ (åžž C. perfringens)
- Spontaneous (C. septicum): ç¡ trauma; GI malignancy / çµè
žç / çœè¡ç
translocation source
èšåº
- æœäŒ 6 hr - 4 d ç
- è¶
disproportionate pain at wound
- ç®è: bronze / dusky / hemorrhagic bullae / brownish 滲液
- Crepitus (gas in soft tissue è§žæ)
- æ¥å¿« systemic toxicity: tachycardia, sepsis, ARDS, AKI, DIC, hemolysis
- æ»äº¡å¯åš hours å
§ if not treated
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- X-ray / CT: gas in soft tissue / muscle (linear / feathered)
- CT çº emergent confirm + extent
æ²»ç
- EMERGENT 倧å¹
surgical debridement (éè€ q24h) ± amputation
- PCN G 4 M U IV q4h + Clindamycin 900 mg IV q8h (PCN â bactericidal, clinda â toxin suppression)
- Vanco + pip-tazo (cover GAS, polymicrobial NF â ä¹å empirical)
- ICU resuscitation, vasopressor
- Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) â controversial, æ center capable å¯ adjunct (delay äž shouldäžè©² delay surgery)
- IVIG â éšä»œ evidence
3ïžâ£ C. septicum
- Spontaneous gas gangrene (no trauma)
- ~ 50-80% + occult GI malignancy (colon CA, GI lymphoma) or hematologic malignancy (acute leukemia, neutropenic)
- åŽé hemolysis, DIC, mortality é«
- å¿
æ¥ colonoscopy + GI workup post-treatment
4ïžâ£ C. perfringens Food Poisoning
- Type A, 廣å
- å» å 倧éç¹ç
® + ä¿æº« â spores germinate â toxin
- æœäŒ 8-16 hr
- Crampy abdominal pain + watery diarrhea, no vomit, no fever
- Self-limited 24 hr
- 倧é outbreak (cafeteria, institutional)
- éå ± (Public Health)
- Tx: æ¯æ; ç¡æççŽ
5ïžâ£ C. sordellii
- Post-partum, post-abortion (medical / surgical)
- IDU âskin poppingâ black tar heroin
- 2005 mifepristone-induced abortion cases USA
- TSS-like: shock + leukemoid reaction + hemoconcentration + ç¡çŒç
- Mortality é« (80%+)
- Tx: debridement + PCN + clinda + ICU
6ïžâ£ Anaerobic Cellulitis (without myonecrosis)
- Gas + crepitus äœ muscle uninvolved (subcutaneous only)
- Less toxic systemically
- å€ polymicrobial
- èçå debridement + æççŽ
7ïžâ£ C. tertium
- Gram + äœ aerotolerant (é£èª)
- Neutropenic enterocolitis, bacteremia
- PCN/clinda R â çš vanco/metronidazole