Several skin conditions, both infectious and noninfectious, have been described in the homeless population including trauma, cellulitis, pyodermas, impetigo, gas gangrene, tinea infections ...

Although C. perfringens food poisoning is usually not serious, the bacterium is also linked to more severe wound infections, such as gas gangrene (clostridial myonecrosis) and anaerobic cellulitis.

"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 ...