Accepted
at 11:53 p.m. Jul, 17, 2025
by
andrewmathias8
Author:
cardamomo
Co-authors:
andrewmathias8
Rationale for change
Surgical debridement is a surgical topic and warrants a surgery shelf tag
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Treatment of gas gangrene is {{c1::emergency debridement::intervention}} and {{c1::piperacillin-tazobactam plus clindamycin*::2 antibiotics}}
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- *a tetracycline may be used in place of clindamycin per AMBOSS
- Clostridium perfringens (> 80% of cases)
- Clostridium perfringens: Clindamycin + Piperacillin-tazobactam

Photo credit: Schropfer et al., CC BY 2.0, via BMC Cases Journal
- Clostridium perfringens (> 80% of cases)
- Clostridium perfringens: Clindamycin + Piperacillin-tazobactam

Photo credit: Schropfer et al., CC BY 2.0, via BMC Cases Journal
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