GAS BACILLUS INFECTION OF ABDOMINAL WALL
- 23 June 1934
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 102 (25) , 2081-2082
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1934.02750250007004
Abstract
Considering the great number of operations done for intra-abdominal infections, gas bacillus infection of the abdominal wall, as a complication, is quite rare. In 1925, Ochsner and Schmidt1reported a case of gas bacillus infection of the abdominal wall following the drainage of an appendix abscess and removal of a gangrenous appendix. Butler2has recorded two infections of the abdominal wall, one following the removal of a perforated gangrenous appendix and the other following cecostomy. Shearer's3case of gas infection of the abdominal wall followed the removal of a nonruptured gangrenous appendix. King4describes a case following appendectomy, in which he stated that the smear showed a suggestion of Bacillus welchii. Extensive gas infections, following drainage of appendix abscesses, are recorded by Lamprecht,5Traver,6Douglas7and Miyamoto.8Butler and Rhodes9report two cases in which an extensive infection of the abdominalKeywords
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