Question

A nurse is caring for a client who had clostridium welchii (clostridium perfringens) cultured from a wound of the lower extremity. which disease results when this organism enters a wound, causing crepitus?

Answer 1

Gangrene. C. welchii (C. perfringens) is a spore-forming bacterium that produces a toxin that decays muscle, releasing a gas; it is one of the major causative agents for gas gangrene.

Answer 2

The correct answer is clostridial myonecrosis or gas gangrene.

Step-by-step explanation:

The gas gangrene occurs by the forming gas under the tissue in the people with the improperly handled wound. It is caused by clostridium perfringens by the infection in an open wound.

The gas gangrene is a highly lethal necrotizing infection of tissue. These bacteria are round gram positive found in soil or the faces. Can't gangrene can be found by x ray. It is occurs due to protease and toxin released by the bacteria.

Thus, the correct answer is - clostridial myonecrosis or gas gangrene.