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GANGRENA [9 records]

Record 1 2017-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
OBS

A bacterial disease caused by Clostridium sp.

OBS

... affects horses, cattle, sheep, swine, and man. Characterized by swelling and gangrene.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
CONT

Encore appelée gangrène gazeuse ou traumatiques, œdème gazeux ou malin, la septicémie gangreneuse est une maladie infectieuse polymorphe, due à divers bacilles anaérobies donnant des spores. Les principaux agents étiologiques sont : Clostridium septicum (vibrion septique), Cl. oedematiens, Cl. perfringens (Welchia perfringens), type A, Cl. histolyticum. L'infection peut être d'origine traumatique, ou se réaliser per absorption par os.

OBS

gangréneuse : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
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Record 2 2017-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bacterial Diseases
Universal entry(ies)
A48.0
classification system code, see observation
DEF

An acute, severe and painful condition ... often resulting from dirty, lacerated wounds in which the muscles and subcutaneous tissues become filled with gas and a serosanguineous exudate.

CONT

Gas gangrene and clostridial myonecrosis are interchangeable terms used to describe an infection of muscle tissue by toxin-producing clostridia.

OBS

A48.0: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies bactériennes
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
A48.0
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Dans la myonécrose à Clostridium (gangrène gazeuse), la douleur sévère initiale est fréquente, parfois même avant d'autres signes.

OBS

A48.0 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades bacterianas
Entrada(s) universal(es)
A48.0
classification system code, see observation
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Record 3 2016-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

In the absence of bacterial activity, gangrene results in drying and shrivelling of the affected part, and is known as "dry gangrene."

OBS

The part is cold and black; the tissues dry and drop off.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Gangrène caractérisée par le durcissement et la dessiccation des tissus, secondaire à l'occlusion d'une artère.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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Record 4 2014-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Gangrene in which liquefaction of tissues with or without gas-production is caused by the rapid growth of putrefacient micro-organisms [that is] usually also characterized by destruction of venous as well as arterial blood flow, the venous stasis causing oedema of the affected part.

OBS

The term "moist gangrene" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Nécrose de tissus due à l'infection bactérienne d'une zone de gangrène sèche.

OBS

Dans cette nécrose les tissus sont gonflés et suintants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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Record 5 2010-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
DEF

Acute infectious bacterial disease of cattle and sometimes sheep, characterized by muscle inflammation and pain in the affected areas. Toxins formed by the Bacteria (genus Clostridium) produce severe muscle damage, and mortality is high.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
DEF

Maladie infectieuse, inoculable, qui sévit surtout dans les espèces bovines et ovines, parfois chez le porc. Elle est due à Clostridium chauvoei (bacille de Chauveau, Cl. feseri); c'est une infection tellurique, mais elle peut aussi être apportée par un aliment souillé ou venir compliquer un plaie souillée, anfractueuse et profonde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
DEF

Enfermedad infecciosa causada por una bacteria (Clostridium [chauvoei]) que provoca la inflamación de los músculos, toxemia grave y mortalidad elevada; todos los vertebrados son susceptibles de sufrir la enfermedad […] ataca principalmente a bovinos y ocasionalmente a ovejas, cabras y cerdos.

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Record 6 2010-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
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Record 7 2008-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Root and Tuber Crops
OBS

Fungal diseases of potato tubers can cause considerable losses in the United Kingdom every year. At present in Scotland the most serious is gangrene, a rot of tuber flesh caused by Phoma exigua var foveata.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Culture des plantes sarclées
OBS

La pomme de terre est sujette aux maladies, telles que la gale, la pourriture, la gangrène, la brunissure et le phytophtora infestans [...]

OBS

L'agent pathogène de la gangrène de la pomme de terre est le Phoma exigua.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Cultivo de raíces y tubérculos
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Record 8 2007-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
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Record 9 2004-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Human Diseases
CONT

Gangrene indicates necrosis, most often of skin and subcutaneous tissue, and is often rapidly progressive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Nécrose et putréfaction tissulaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Enfermedades humanas
DEF

Enfermedad que produce destrucción y muerte de tejidos en un ser vivo.

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