A woman is brought to the emergency department where you are working triage. She has an extremely swollen right lower leg. You see what appears to be an old surgical wound in the mid-calf, with rough scar tissue surrounded by purplish-red skin. She is in a lot of pain and her husband speaks for her. He tells you that three weeks ago she had a group of moles removed from that area. It appeared to heal initially, but three days ago the incision area started looking bigger rather than smaller. She did not return to the physician, hoping that the condition would resolve itself. In the past three days, the area has begun to swell and become very hot. You call the attending physician immediately because you know that this is a serious condition. The patient is sent straight to surgery where the wound is debrided. Gram positive cocci growing in chains are recovered from the wound. She is transferred to ICU and put on high-dose intravenous antibiotics for the next 18 hours, but the next evening her leg is amputated below the knee. She remains in the hospital for 2 months following surgery and requires long-term antibiotic therapy and multiple skin grafts on her upper leg.1. What condition did this patient have? What features suggest that it is NOT Clostridium perfringens?2. Why was amputation the best solution for the infection in this case?3. How is the bacterium transmitted?4. It seems like weâve heard a lot more about this condition in the past few years. Is this just media hype or are more cases occurring? Explain.