Nontraumatic Clostridium septicum Myonecrosis in Adults: Case Report and a 15-Year Systematic Literature Review

AbstractClostridium septicum is a spore-forming anaerobic gram-positive rod capable of causing rapidly progressive nontraumatic myonecrosis. A case of nontraumatic C. septicum myonecrosis (ntCSM) is described. A systematic review of all published cases of ntCSM from 2000–2015 was performed. Twenty-t