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Gas gangrene is a necrotic infection of soft tissue with high mortality, often necessitating amputation in order to control the infection. Here, presenting a case of gas gangrene in a 19-year-old healthy male, who developed a life-threatening infection after IM injection of sodium diclofenac. Prompt clinical diagnosis, laboratory support, and timely surgical intervention saved the patient\u2019s life.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4103\/0974-2727.115924","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,8,1]],"date-time":"2013-08-01T09:29:52Z","timestamp":1375349392000},"page":"58-59","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Iatrogenic Infection of Clostridium welchii Following Intramuscular Injection of Sodium Diclofenac"],"prefix":"10.25259","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Hemavathi","family":"Sathyanarayana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Bangalore, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Leela","family":"Rani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Bangalore, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"R","family":"Rajendran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Bangalore, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pooja","family":"Sarmah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Bangalore, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"10894","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-2727.115924-1","first-page":"744","volume-title":"Fatal case of gas gangrene associated with intramuscular injection","author":"Harvey","year":"1968","journal-title":"Br Med J"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-2727.115924-2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Rubbo SD, Gardner JF. 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