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Rare Disease

gas gangrene

MONDO:0005767

Also known as:gas bacillus infectionmyonecrosis

Overview

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.

Diagnosis

Biomarker and diagnostic research for gas gangrene has been reported in the published literature.

Research Landscape

Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed. Publication types are classified using NLM-curated article metadata; research type breakdowns reflect the nature of published work for this disease.

No clinical trials have been registered for gas gangrene.

170 publications have been identified in PubMed for gas gangrene. Research spans Case Report / Case Series (47%), Basic Science / Preclinical (17%), and Review / Meta-Analysis (16%).

Research Type	Count	% of Total
Patient case studies	76	47%

Data assembled from 2 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 20, 2026, 6:50 AM UTC

MONDOHPOClinicalTrials.govFDAPubMedHGNCClinVarClinGenGeneReviewsOrphanetOMIMRUSP

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