Gangrene medical therapy

Ischemic gangrene can be medically treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, beta-blockers, and antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin and clopidogrel. Wet gangrene and gas gangrene are treated with antibiotics which should cover microorganisms detected in culture of the specimen with gangrene. ^[1]

• Ischemic gangrene can be medically treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, beta-blockers, and antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin and clopidogrel. Wet gangrene and gas gangrene are treated with antibiotics which should cover microorganisms detected in culture of the specimen with gangrene. ^[1]
• Table 1 lists the possible microorganisms and the suggested antibiotic treatment.

• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is one method to address oxygen tension.
• Intravenous immunoglobulin is also an adjunct therapy that inactivates superantigens, responsible for the associated toxic shock syndrome. ^{[10] [11]}