Open AccessA pilot study comparing superficial wound swab, deep tissue biopsy and fine needle aspiration biopsy in identifying infecting organisms in foot ulcers due to diabetes
Author(s) -
Bhabha Yusuf,
Tinley Paul,
Davoren Peter,
Derrington Petra
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-4-s1-p4
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , gold standard (test) , fine needle aspiration , diabetic foot , surgery , diabetes mellitus , radiology , endocrinology
Background Current clinical practice widely regards deep tissue biopsy as the gold standard for identification of wound bacterial bio-burden. This study aims to establish whether fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is as accurate as deep tissue biopsy and therefore offers a more accurate, cheaper and suitable alternative to routinely used superficial swab in diabetic wounds of varying depth and severity.