ISSN: 2574-7800
Authors: Kumar A*
Gangrene is characterized by necrosis of a part of body due to lack of blood and oxygen supplies followed by tissue death. In many gangrene cases, wound in the affected body part get infected with a pathogenic bacteria. Although any part of the body may get affected but feet, legs, fingers and hands are more prone to this disease since these get wounded more frequently, and if care is not taken, wound gets infected by pathogenic bacteria. This disease has been reported both in male and female humans. There are number of factors responsible to stimulate gangrene. Three different types of gangrene viz. dry, wet and gas gangrenes are there. There is also a specific Fournier gangrene under gas gangrene which occurs in genitalia or perineum. In the present mini-review, these different types of gangrene have been briefly discussed. Causes for these different types of gangrene have also been discussed. Gas gangrene is considered to be the most dangerous out of all the three diseases. There is a main pathogenic microbe, Clostridium perfringens which causes wet as well as gas gangrenes. The recent work on this microbe has also been briefly discussed.
Keywords: Gangrene; Dry gangrene; Wet gangrene; Gas gangrene; Fournier gangrene; Clostridium perfringens
