Answer
Question A
-Gram positive bacilli on gram staining
- Not noted in this picture due to low magnification (bacilli with sub terminal spore)
Question B
-Blood agar
-Large, smooth, low convex, circular, translucent colonies with a double zone of hemolysis; a complete zone of hemolysis and a wider zone of incomplete hemolysis
Questions C
-Clostrodium perfringes
Question D
-Direct route through trauma or burn injury
-Hematogenous spread
Question E
-Gas outlining the muscle and fascia
-Muscle swelling
Question F
-Clostridial myonecrosis (gas gangrene)
Question G
-Wound Debridement
-Surgical amputation if necessary
-Antibiotic prophylaxis for surgery (ampicillin)
-Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to inhibit growth of clostridium perfringes
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