Atlantic article on Lincoln's survival
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12-02-2013, 08:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-02-2013 02:41 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Atlantic article on Lincoln's survival
(12-02-2013 07:27 AM)BettyO Wrote: Good point, Joe.I personally doubt this. AFAIK, the most likely causative organisms for posttraumatic infections are straphylococci, streptococci or clostridiae. Incubation period for staphylococcus is usually 4-10 days, for streptococcus it can be 18 hours. Clostridium perfringens can cause gas gangrene after 5-8 hours, this would go along with myonecrosis (muscle tissue death), gas production, sepsis and then progress to toxic shock (which would be the fastest fatal reaction in the case of straphylococcus and streptococcus infection, too). A. Lincoln showed no signs of a toxic shock syndrome. |
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