Concordance in diabetic foot ulcer infection
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Concordance in diabetic foot ulcer infection
INTRODUCTION Accurate identification of pathogens, rather than colonising bacteria, is a prerequisite for targeted antibiotic therapy to ensure optimal patient outcome in wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers. Wound swabs are the easiest and most commonly used sampling technique but most published guidelines recommend instead removal of a tissue sample from the wound bed, which is a more complex...
متن کاملDiabetic Foot Ulcer
It is estimated that approximately 15% of diabetic people world-wide will at some stage develop diabetic foot ulceration. The prevalence of active foot ulceration varies from approx‐ imately 1% in certain European and North American studies to more than 11% in reports from some African countries (table 1). Although there have been many developments in recent years which encourage optimism for f...
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OBJECTIVE To determine the extent of agreement and patterns of disagreement between wound swab and tissue samples in patients with an infected diabetic foot ulcer (DFU). DESIGN Multicentre, prospective, cross-sectional study. SETTING Primary and secondary care foot ulcer/diabetic outpatient clinics and hospital wards across England. PARTICIPANTS Inclusion criteria: consenting patients age...
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Diabetic foot problems are common throughout the world, resulting in major medical, social and economic consequences for the patients, their families, and society. Foot ulcers are more likely to be of neuropathic origin, and therefore eminently preventable. People at greatest risk of ulceration can easily be identified by careful clinical examination of the feet: education and frequent follow-u...
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OBJECTIVE To detect "Feet at Risk" early, its early diagnosis and treatment of foot ulceration to prevent amputation. SETTING AND METHOD One hundred patients with diabetic foot problems were seen at Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology from 06-01-97 to 14-04-99. Each Patient was examined for peripheral pulses, sensations and reflexes, for dryness of skin, deformity, callus and nai...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Open
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2044-6055,2044-6055
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002370