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ArticleInternational journal of emergency medicine2022

Clostridium myonecrosis - a rare and underdiagnosed condition in the elderly: a case with severe skipping lesions and an overview of treatment guidelines.

Ellen Van Asbroeck, Ourania Vasileiadou, Sylvie De Laere, Eddy Van Hedent, Katleen Devue

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Article in International journal of emergency medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ellen Van AsbroeckDepartment of Surgery, ASZ Aalst, Aalst, Belgium.
Ourania VasileiadouDepartment of Emergency Medicine, ASZ Aalst, Aalst, Belgium.
Sylvie De LaereDepartment of Vascular Surgery, ASZ Aalst, Aalst, Belgium.
Eddy Van HedentDepartment of Radiology, ASZ Aalst, Aalst, Belgium.
Katleen DevueDepartment of Emergency Medicine, ASZ Aalst, Aalst, Belgium. katleen.devue@asz.be.
Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis Hospital · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present an unusual and severe case of spontaneous clostridial myonecrosis (SCM) in an elderly patient, with severe skipping lesions spread throughout the body. CT imaging, combined with postmortem available blood cultures, confirmed the diagnosis. We noted an underrepresentation of SCM in the cohort of elderly patients (≥ 85 years), upon a review of case reports in the literature over the last decade. Given the worldwide demographic change resulting in an increase in the number of visits to emergency departments for this age group, it is likely that SCM is underdiagnosed in these elderly patients. This case report aims to increase awareness among emergency physicians to recognize the disease as well as to provide a treatment guideline, in order to provide better care and outcome.

Indexed as

Clostridial myonecrosisClostridium septicumGas gangreneSpontaneous clostridial myonecrosis

Identifiers

PMID36199023
PMCPMC9533516
OpenAlexW4301430967

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