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Gangrena gaseosa - Treatment

Nombres alternativos

Infección tisular por clostridio; Infección de los tejidos por clostridio; Mionecrosis

Tratamiento:

La persona necesitará someterse rápidamente a una cirugía para extirpar el tejido muerto, dañado e infectado (desbridamiento) y es posible que se tenga que practicar la amputación de un brazo o una pierna para controlar la diseminación de la infección. Con frecuencia, esto debe ocurrir antes de que todos los resultados de los exámenes de diagnóstico estén disponibles.

Los pacientes deben recibir antibióticos, preferiblemente de tipo penicilina con clindamicina. Inicialmente los pacientes reciben los antibióticos a través de una vena (por vía intravenosa). Algunas personas pueden necesitar analgésicos para controlar el dolor. Los médicos han ensayado el oxígeno hiperbárico para esta afección, con grados de éxito variables.

Pronóstico:

La gangrena gaseosa es progresiva y a menudo mortal.

Posibles complicaciones:

  • Coma
  • Delirio
  • Daño tisular permanente, incapacitante y deformante
  • Ictericia con daño hepático
  • Insuficiencia renal
  • Shock
  • Diseminación de la infección a través del cuerpo (sepsis)
  • Estupor

Cuándo contactar a un profesional médico:

Se trata de una situación de emergencia que requiere atención médica inmediata.

Llame al médico si presenta signos de infección alrededor de una herida en la piel. Asimismo, acuda a la sala de urgencias o llame al número local de emergencias (como el 911 en los Estados Unidos) si tiene síntomas de gangrena gaseosa.

  • Reviewed last on: 12/1/2009
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Bartlett JG. Clostridial infections. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 319.

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