The crystal and molecular structure of the Clostridium perfringens α-toxin crowns over a century-long research into the mechanisms of pathogenesis of gas gangrene. The structure reveals a two ...

"It seriously smelled like death." Ms Wardrope had contracted gas gangrene, a rare and highly lethal bacterial infection of the soft tissue. She spent 13 days in a coma in the Mackay Base Hospital ...

A persistent wound that fails to heal within a few weeks could be a sign of gangrene, a condition caused by the death of ...