gas gangrene
MONDO:0005767Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names gas gangrene yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A severe condition resulting from bacteria invading healthy muscle from adjacent traumatized muscle or soft tissue. The infection originates in a wound contaminated with bacteria of the genus clostridium. C. perfringens accounts for the majority of cases (over eighty percent), while C. noyvi, C. septicum, and C. histolyticum cause most of the other cases.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005767), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: gas gangrene
- Also called
- myonecrosis