| haemorrhagic gangrene | Gangrene occurring rarely in advanced meningococcal septicaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Pott's gangrene | Dry gangrene occurring in the aged in consequence of occlusion of an artery, particularly affecting the extremities. Synonym: Pott's gangrene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous gangrene | Gangrene of the skin characterised by sloughing; may occur in shingles or in any acute infection that interferes with superficial circulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| presenile spontaneous gangrene | Gangrene occurring in middle life as a result of thromboangiitis obliterans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pressure gangrene | <dermatology> A chronic ulcer that appears in pressure areas in debilitated patients confined to bed or otherwise immobilised, due to a circulatory defect from the enhanced tissue pressure in high-contact areas, often occurring over a bony prominence (for example sacral decubitus). (27 Sep 1997) |
| HC toxin reductase | <enzyme> Nadph-dependent enzyme from maise which inactivates the cyclic tetrapeptide, hc toxin, from cochliobolus carbonum; amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 1.- Synonym: hm1 gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| progressive bacterial synergistic gangrene | Undermining ulcer of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, usually following an operation, caused by a synergistic interaction between microaerophilic nonhemolytic streptococci and aerobic haemolytic staphylococci. Synonym: Meleney's gangrene, progressive bacterial synergistic gangrene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scarlet fever erythrogenic toxin | A culture filtrate of lysogenised group A strains of beta-haemolytic streptococci, erythrogenic when inoculated into the skin of susceptible persons, and neutralised by antibodies that appear during scarlet fever convalescence; three immunological types (A, B, and C) are recognised. Synonym: Dick test toxin, erythrogenic toxin, scarlet fever erythrogenic toxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schick test toxin | Corynebacterium diphtheriae toxin diluted so that the inoculated dose (0.1 or 0.2 ml) will contain 1/50 th of guinea pig minimal lethal dose. See: Schick test. Synonym: diagnostic diphtheria toxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile gangrene | Dry gangrene occurring in the aged in consequence of occlusion of an artery, particularly affecting the extremities. Synonym: Pott's gangrene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hospital gangrene | A chronic ulcer that appears in pressure areas in debilitated patients confined to bed or otherwise immobilised, due to a circulatory defect from the enhanced tissue pressure in high-contact areas, often occurring over a bony prominence (for example sacral decubitus). (27 Sep 1997) |
| hot gangrene | Gangrene following inflammation of the part. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Shiga like toxin | <protein> Group of structurally related toxins that block eukaryotic protein synthesis by cleaving the 28S rRNA subunit of ribosomes. Examples: Shiga toxin, Shiga like toxins SLT 1 and SLT 2 of Escherichia coli. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Shiga toxin | <protein> Bacterial toxin from Shigella dysenteriae that blocks eukaryotic protein synthesis. See: Shiga like toxins. (18 Nov 1997) |
| spontaneous gangrene of newborn | Gangrene due to vascular occlusion of unknown cause, usually in marasmic or dehydrated infants. (05 Mar 2000) |