… Table 3.2: Demographics and clinical factors associated with the patients included in the …
and characterise the microbiota associated with different types of DFUs namely neuropathic, …

… complications of diabetes mellitus are diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). Diabetic foot ulcers represent
… Therefore, factors other than those addressed by standard of care management could be …

… factors for DFU. This study indicates that altering the microbiota composition of wounds may
help the treatment of … , usually with lower limb neuropathy and/or peripheral arterial disease (…

… Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and diabetic foot infections (DFIs) … , including the presence of
sensory neuropathy, peripheral vascular … on analysis of factors that could be associated with the …

… Of those, 102 (63.8%) patients had diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and the reduction in foot
… Incidence, risk factors for amputation among patients with diabetic foot ulcer in a Chinese …

… can eventually lead to foot ulcers (6, 7). Foot ulcers are a risk factor for foot infections, which
… However, the diagnosis of DFU in diabetes is challenging due to neuropathy and arterial …

… foot ulcers; rather, they are precipitating factors such as of peripheral neuropathy (the loss of
defensive sensitivity), altered foot … more complete view of the microbiota of diabetic feet [50]. …

… Chronic wounds associated with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), venous leg … The
neuropathic diabetic foot ulcer microbiome is associated with clinical factors. …

… Risk factors implicated in the development of diabetic ulcers are neuropathy, trauma,
deformity, peripheral vascular disease, high plantar pressures, poor glycaemic control, smoking …

… with neuropathy in the feet, DM increases the chance of foot … factors, may contribute to the
pathogenesis of DM and its … are at an increased risk for diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) when the …