Prognostic significance of non-enteric blood culture in diabetic foot disease

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dc.contributor.authorMurugan, A. Usha.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-02T10:08:46Z
dc.date.available2019-12-02T10:08:46Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe diabetic foot is a group of syndromes in which ischemia, neuropathy and infection leads to tissue breakdown resulting in morbidity and possible lower extremity amputation. The diagnosis is based on clinical criteria investigations. It is imperative that such patients are managed by a team of Physician, Surgeon, Social care worker, Physiotherapist and a Podiatrist. In this study we included 100 diabetic foot patients in the age group of 30 to 80 years. The study was done for a period of one year. 47% of our patients had Meggit Wagner grade 3 and 10% had grade 5. 27% of the patients had renal failure and 30% had anemia. These patients were subjected to non-enteric culture of blood under sterile precautions. 80% of our patients showed positive culture. The organisms commonly isolated were Staphylococcus aureus, beta haemolytic Streptococcus and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Less commonly isolated were Citrobacter species, Proteus mirabilis and anaerobes. 40% of patients with positive culture went on to have lower extremity amputation. Thus we concluded that non enteric culture in diabetic foot disease has prognostic significance and the spectrum of infection in diabetic foot disease is polymicrobial in nature and at par with the literature.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsProfessor and Head, Department of General Surgery, Kanyakumari Government Medical College Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India, ushamuruganmdm@gmail.comen_US
dc.identifier.citationMurugan A. Usha.. Prognostic significance of non-enteric blood culture in diabetic foot disease. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2018 Jul; 5(7): 29-32en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-0026
dc.identifier.issn2394-0034
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/187012
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherEducational Society for Excellenceen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber7en_US
dc.relation.volume5en_US
dc.subjectDiabetic foot infection (DFI)en_US
dc.subjectLower extremity amputation (LEA)en_US
dc.subjectNon enteric organism culture (NEC)en_US
dc.titlePrognostic significance of non-enteric blood culture in diabetic foot diseaseen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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