气性坏疽系严重伤口的恶性感染,几个世纪以来被它杀害或致残的士兵达数百万。第一次世界大战中,该病杀死的士兵比子弹杀死的还要多。该病因从伤口发出的恶臭而得名.英国化学与生物学防护所(CBDE)微生物研究室主任Titball等已研制出一种能阻断气性坏疽病原体产气荚膜梭状芽胞杆菌 Gaseous gangrene is a serious infection of the wounds that kill millions of soldiers killed or maimed for centuries. During the First World War, the disease killed more soldiers than bullets. The cause of the disease is named after the stench of the wound. Titball, director of the Microbiology Laboratory at the British Institute of Chemical and Biological Protection (CBDE), has developed a bacterium that blocks the gas gangrene pathogens Clostridium perfringens