GAS GANGRENE

I am gas gangrene also known as Myonecrosis and Clostirdial infection of tissues.I am caused by: - Clostridium bacteria that under low oxygen produces toxins that cause the death of tissue and other related symptoms.I am diagnosed by: (1) A gram stain of fluid from the infected area that shows gram positive rods( clostridium species)or other types of bacteria. (2) a culture may grow the bacteria causing the infection (3) blood cultures may grow the infecting bacteria (4) anaerobic tissue or fluid may reveal Clostridium species (5) an MRI, CT scan, or X- ray can show the gas in the tissueThe length of my incubation period: - I average 24 hrs, but I've been reported to incubate from 1 hr. to 6 weeks How long does it take me to run my couse? -It takes me a long time for me to run my complete courseMy signs and symptoms are? - sudden moderate to severe pain in the affected area - progressive swelling around the affected area - heart racing - moderate to high fever - skin color turns pale, later it turns purple or red - drop in blood pressure - sweating - draining from the tissues, foul-smelling, brown/red or bloody fluid - blisters filled with brown/red fluid - confusion - delirium - coma - rapid breathing - alter mental state - loss of appetite - diarrhea - vomiting - vascular colapse The people I most likely infect are: - people with chronic disease such as diabetes, mellitus, arterioscelerosis, or diseases affecting blood vessles like Buerger's disease or Raynaud's disease How do I spread: - I can be spread by not having sanitary utensils during surgery -having a cut not throroughly washed out or disinfected What is my level of contagiousness? -I am not contagious from person to person How many people have been affected by me? - I have affected millions of people How do I affect the body to cause illness? -permanent tissue damage -jaundice with liver damage -kidney failure -shock -stupor What preventions or treatments are their for me? -penicillin intavenously -Cindamycin -Tetracycline -Flagyl -Cefoxitin -Chloramphenicol -surgical removal of contaminated tissue of affected area -oxygen forced into tissues in an oxygen chamber -Polyvalent Gas Greangrene anti toxin -topical broad-spectrum antibiotic The cure for me is: - Penicillin and as of right now I have not become immune to penicillin.