Association Between Diabetic Foot Infection Wound Culture Positivity and 1-Year Admission for Invasive Infection: A Multicenter Cohort Study | Zendy

Westyn BranchElliman | Zendy; Daniel J. Sturgeon | Zendy; Adolf W. Karchmer | Zendy; Hillary J. Mull | Zendy

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Association Between Diabetic Foot Infection Wound Culture Positivity and 1-Year Admission for Invasive Infection: A Multicenter Cohort Study

Author(s) -

Westyn BranchElliman,

Daniel J. Sturgeon,

Adolf W. Karchmer,

Hillary J. Mull

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofab172

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic foot , cohort , wound infection , cohort study , diabetes mellitus , surgery , endocrinology

Inpatients with culture-positive diabetic foot infections are at elevated risk for subsequent invasive infection with the same causative organism. In outpatients with index diabetic foot ulcers, we found that wound culture positivity was independently associated with increased odds of 1-year admission for systemic infection when compared with culture-negative wounds.

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