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Fulminant gas gangrene in an adolescent with immunodeficiency. Case report and literature review.

Immunity defects are important predisposing factors to aggressive infections with high risk of mortality. The case of a teenager with a history of immunodeficiency, who developed gas gangrene infection originated in the left lower limb is reported here. The disease progressed in less than 24 hours,...

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Publicado en:Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 555 - 560
Autores principales: García, Edna Karina, Sierra, Pedro Alberto, Quintero-Guevara, Omar, Jaramillo, Lina
Formato: Case Study
Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2016
Materias:
Gas gangrene
Anaerobic infections
Immunodeficiency
Immunosuppression
Necrosis
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