Chronic, non-healing wounds are a major complication of diabetes associated with high
morbidity and health care expenditures estimated at $9-13 billion annually in the US …

Chronic wounds are a major complication of diabetes associated with high morbidity and
health care expenditures. To investigate the role of colonizing microbiota in diabetic wound …

Chronic nonhealing wounds have been heralded as a silent epidemic, causing significant
morbidity and mortality especially in elderly, diabetic, and obese populations. Polymicrobial …

Abstract Background Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) account for the majority of all limb
amputations and hospitalizations due to diabetes complications. With 30 million cases of …

The wound microbiome consists of living microbial communities (“microbiota”) that interact
with each other and their surroundings in the injured tissue. The role of the wound …

World Health Organization considered diabetes as one of the 20th century epidemics,
estimating that over 10% of the world population is diabetic or at high risk. Self-assessment …

Purpose. While some micro-organisms, such as Staphylococcus aureus, are clearly
implicated in causing tissue damage in diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), our knowledge of the …

Nonhealing diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a common and costly complication of diabetes.
Microbial burden, or “bioburden,” is believed to underlie delayed healing, although little is …

Wound healing is a highly coordinated and complex process, and there can be devastating
consequences if it is interrupted. It is believed that, in combination with host factors …

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a leading cause of high morbidity among diabetic patients. In
this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Kalan et al.(2019) examine the microbial bio-burden of …