Open AccessProportion of lower limb fungal foot infections in patients with type 2 diabetes at a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
T.M. Wijesuriya,
Manjula Weerasekera,
J. Kottahachchi,
K. N. P. Ranasinghe,
Madushika Dissanayake,
Shamini Prathapan,
T.D.C.P. Gunasekara,
Ajith Nagahawatte,
L. D. Guruge,
Uditha Bulugahapitiya,
S.S.N. Fernando
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.126556
Subject(s) - sri lanka , medicine , tertiary care , foot care , foot (prosody) , diabetes mellitus , diabetic foot , endocrinology , socioeconomics , tanzania , linguistics , philosophy , sociology
Superficial fungal foot infection (SFFI) in diabetic patients increases the risk of developing diabetic foot syndrome. Sixteen percent of urban population is suffering from diabetes in Sri Lanka. As the diabetes patients are more prone to get fungal foot infections, early intervention is advisable owing to the progressive nature of the infection. There is no data on the prevalence of SFFIs in diabetic patients in Sri Lanka.