Issues of infection related to diabetic foot syndrome

Czech version

Authors: MUDr. Milan Flekač, Ph.D.
Authors‘ workplace: III. interní klinika 1. LF UK a VFN Praha, přednosta prof. MUDr. Štěpán Svačina, DrSc., MBA
Published in: Vnitř Lék 2015; 61(4): 328-334
Category: Reviews

Overview

Foot wounds are common problem in people with diabetes and now constitute the most frequent diabetes-related cause of hospitalization. Diabetic foot infections cause substantial morbidity and at least one in five results in a lower extremity amputation. They are are now the predominant proximate trigger for lower extremity amputations worldwide. One in five diabetic wounds present clinical signs of infection at primomanifestation. About 80 % of limb non-threating wounds can be succesfully healed using appropriate and comprehensive approach, including antimicrobial therapy, revascularisation and off-loading.

Key words:
antimicrobial therapy – diabetic foot infection – diabetic foot syndrome – microbiological diagnostics – osteomyelitis

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