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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2008, p. 1545-1547, Vol. 46, No. 4
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01895-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Human Fulminant Gas Gangrene Caused by Clostridium chauvoei{triangledown}

Noriyuki Nagano,1,2,{dagger} Shinji Isomine,3,{dagger} Haru Kato,2,{dagger} Yoshimasa Sasaki,4 Motohide Takahashi,2 Koji Sakaida,3 Yukiko Nagano,2 and Yoshichika Arakawa2*

Medical Microbiology Laboratory,1 Department of Anesthesiology, Funabashi Municipal Medical Center, Chiba,3 Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases,2 Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan4

Received 24 September 2007/ Returned for modification 21 January 2008/ Accepted 29 January 2008

The first human case of fulminant gas gangrene caused by Clostridium chauvoei, a pathogen causing ruminant blackleg, was confirmed for a 58-year-old man suffering from diabetes mellitus. The patient developed conspicuous emphysematous gangrene in the right chest wall as well as intravascular gas entrapments and died 2 h after hospital arrival.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan. Phone: 81-42-561-0771, ext. 500. Fax: 81-42-561-7173. E-mail: yarakawa{at}nih.go.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 6 February 2008.

{dagger} N.N., S.I., and H.K. contributed equally to this work.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2008, p. 1545-1547, Vol. 46, No. 4
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01895-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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