Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
Year: 2018, Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 121-125
Original Article
Savitha N1*, Gokul BM2, Beena PM3 , Bhaskaran K4
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College.
2. Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology, Mallige hospital,Bangalore.
3. Professor and HOD, Department of Microbiology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College.
4. Professor, Department of Surgery, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, SDUAHER, Kolar.
*Corresponding Author
E-mail: [email protected]
Mob No: 9886998046
Worldwide, Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) are a major medical, social, and economic problem reaching epidemic proportions carrying the increased risk of complications.[1,2] About 25% of the diabetics have the risk of developing foot ulceration which is one of the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in developing coun-tries.2,3,4The most feared complication of in-fected diabetic foot ulcers is gangrene which results in amputations and occurs 10-30 times more often in diabetics. About one major am-putation in 30 seconds worldwide in diabetics and the elevated mortality at follow up, rang-ing from 13% to 40% at 1 year to 39% – 80% at 5 years requires urgent strategies towards prevention of foot ulceration and amputations.[3,5] Once the protective layer of skin is bro-ken, the deep tissues are exposed to bacterial infection that progresses rapidly.
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