Open AccessManuscript title: The microbiology of diabetic foot infections: a single-center retrospective study and literature review
Author(s) -
Márió Gajdács,
Gabriella Terhes,
Marianna Ábrók,
Andrea Lázár,
G Szolnoki,
Edit Urbán
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bőrgyógyászati és venerológiai szemle
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2064-261X
pISSN - 0006-7768
DOI - 10.7188/bvsz.2021.97.1.2
Subject(s) - gangrene , medicine , amputation , diabetic foot , disease , diabetes mellitus , intensive care medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , retrospective cohort study , foot (prosody) , single center , surgery , general surgery , endocrinology , linguistics , philosophy
Late-onset complications may cause serious problems in diabetic patients. Among these complications, diabetic foot infections play a signifcant role. In the recognition and management of the disease the microbiological procedures are essential. Neglected infectious complications may lead to gangrene, limb amputation, which not only impairs quality of life but also endangers the patient’s life. Prevention should include careful management of metabolic disease, appropriate medication, early detection of neuropathy, and the detection and treatment of infection by a medical team , including clinical microbiologist. In our present study, we retrospectively assessed the bacteriological culture’ results of patients with “diabetic foot” syndrome in 5-years’ clinical material at he Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged.