Category Archives: Anti-Infectives

SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS: CLOSTRIDIAL MYONECROSIS

2011-05-09T15:34:17+0000">May 9, 2011 – 3:34 pm

Pathophysiology, Microbiology, and Risk FactorsClostridial myonecrosis refers to fulminant skeletal muscle infection caused by Clostridium species. Commonly called gas gangrene, the infection has a prominent history as a complication of battlefield wounds. Prior to widespread use of antibiotics and improved surgical interventions, clostridial myonecrosis complicated as many as 5% of battlefield injuries in World War [...]

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES: MENINGITIS

2010-12-26T08:30:39+0000">December 26, 2010 – 8:30 am

Infection and inflammation of the meninges. Many forms of meningitis are known, depending on the infecting germ, the portion of the meninges that is involved and the pathological condition that develops. Most common is cerebrospinal meningitis which occurs in epidemic form, and which is due to a special germ that attacks the meninges. The symptoms [...]

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