Open AccessIsolation of bacteriophages to multi-drug resistant Enterococci obtained from diabetic foot: A novel antimicrobial agent waiting in the shelf?
Author(s) -
C S VinodKumar,
H Srinivasa,
K G Basavarajappa,
S. N. Geethalakshmi,
Nitin Bandekar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.77333
Subject(s) - diabetic foot , medicine , antibiotics , enterococcus faecium , antibiotic resistance , enterococcus faecalis , microbiology and biotechnology , diabetes mellitus , intensive care medicine , staphylococcus aureus , biology , bacteria , genetics , endocrinology
While foot infections in persons with diabetes are initially treated empirically, therapy directed at known causative organisms may improve the outcome. Many studies have reported on the bacteriology of diabetic foot infections (DFIs), but the results have varied and have often been contradictory. The purpose of the research work is to call attention to a frightening twist in the antibiotic-resistant Enterococci problem in diabetic foot that has not received adequate attention from the medical fraternity and also the pharmaceutical pipeline for new antibiotics is drying up.