New developments in diagnosing and treating diabetic foot infections

BA Lipsky - Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Foot infections are common in persons with diabetes and are often the proximate cause of
lower extremity amputation. There have been many publications in the past few years …

Bacterial isolates from diabetic foot ulcers and their antimicrobial resistance profile from selected hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

A Atlaw, HB Kebede, AA Abdela… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Infected diabetic foot ulcer (IDFU) is a worldwide problem associated with
diabetes mellitus. It could lead from soft tissue infection to bone infection and is a leading …

Executive summary: 2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections

BA Lipsky, AR Berendt, PB Cornia… - Clinical Infectious …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Foot infections are a common and serious problem in persons with diabetes. Diabetic foot
infections (DFIs) typically begin in a wound, most often a neuropathic ulceration. While all …

Bacterial diversity, antibiotic resistance, and the risk of lower limb amputation in younger and older individuals with diabetic foot infection

S Dörr, AK Holland-Letz, G Weisser… - … Journal of Lower …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction A diabetic foot infection (DFI) contributes to high mortality and morbidity in
diabetics due to its often rapid progressive and intricately treatable infection. DFIs are …

A systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions in the management of infection in the diabetic foot

EJG Peters, BA Lipsky, AR Berendt… - Diabetes/metabolism …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot expert panel on infection
conducted a systematic review of the published evidence relating to treatment of foot …

2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections

BA Lipsky, AR Berendt, PB Cornia… - Clinical infectious …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Foot infections are a common and serious problem in persons with diabetes. Diabetic foot
infections (DFIs) typically begin in a wound, most often a neuropathic ulceration. While all …

[HTML][HTML] The significant association between polymicrobial diabetic foot infection and its severity and outcomes

SAS Hitam, S Asma'Hassan… - The Malaysian Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Foot infection is a major complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) and its agents
are usually polymicrobial. This study aims to describe the agent and determine the …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial infections in diabetes

L Nagendra, H Boro, V Mannar - Endotext [Internet], 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bacteria are microscopic single-celled organisms that exist in millions inside and outside the
human body. Some bacteria are harmful and can cause a multitude of diseases in human …

Microbiological profile of bacterial pathogens from diabetic foot infections in tertiary care hospitals, Salem

P Sugandhi, DA Prasanth - … & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Worldwide, diabetic foot infections are one of the most serious complications
resulting in long term hospitalization among the diabetic patients. Aim The aim of this study …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetic foot infections: Profile and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of bacterial isolates in a tertiary care hospital of Oman

MB Sannathimmappa, V Nambiar… - Journal of Education …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND: In diabetic foot infections (DFIs), the diversity of microbial profile and ever-
changing antibiotic-resistance patterns emphasize accurate characterization of microbial …