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The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, 1998
Diabetic foot problems are a major cause of hospitalization, with immense personal and economic consequences. Twenty percent of all diabetic patients enter the hospital due to foot problems at a certain point in their lifetime. Foot ulcers are the most representative lesions and are responsible for one out of four hospitalizations in subjects with ...
E, Caballero, R G, Frykberg
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Diabetic foot problems are a major cause of hospitalization, with immense personal and economic consequences. Twenty percent of all diabetic patients enter the hospital due to foot problems at a certain point in their lifetime. Foot ulcers are the most representative lesions and are responsible for one out of four hospitalizations in subjects with ...
E, Caballero, R G, Frykberg
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Infections of the Diabetic Foot
Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, 1987Diabetic foot infections are frequently much worse than the initial clinical appearance would indicate. Altered immune response, peripheral vascular disease, and neuropathy are key factors in the production of infection. Treatment must be based upon careful bacteriologic analysis and individualized antibiotic therapy.
S, DeValentine, M, Fredenburg, L, Loretz
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The Management of the Infected Diabetic Foot
Current Diabetes Reviews, 2012Diabetes is a chronic disease with a worldwide increasing trend. Foot complications, closely related to neuropathy and obstructive peripheral vascular disease, are responsible for more than 1 million of leg amputations every year. Foot infection can dramatically increase the risk of amputation.
Caravaggi, Carlo +5 more
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Surgery for Diabetic Foot Infections
Foot and Ankle Clinics, 2010Diabetes mellitus is a common disease in the world today and its prevalence is increasing. Foot and ankle complications, including infection, are the most common reason for hospital admission in patients with diabetes mellitus in the United States and are commonly encountered by the foot and ankle surgeon. Thorough clinical examination with appropriate
Daniel J, Cuttica, Terrence M, Philbin
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Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
Diabetes is a growing public health concern, with diabetic foot infections (DFI) being one of the leading causes of lower extremity limb amputation in the United States. Accurate diagnosis of DFI requires a combination of clinical, laboratory, and radiologic tests to determine the extent and depth of infection, including the presence of osteomyelitis ...
Laila M, Castellino +3 more
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Diabetes is a growing public health concern, with diabetic foot infections (DFI) being one of the leading causes of lower extremity limb amputation in the United States. Accurate diagnosis of DFI requires a combination of clinical, laboratory, and radiologic tests to determine the extent and depth of infection, including the presence of osteomyelitis ...
Laila M, Castellino +3 more
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Imaging of Diabetic Foot Infections
Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, 2014Complications from diabetic foot infections are a leading cause of nontraumatic lower-extremity amputations. Nearly 85% of these amputations result from an infected foot ulcer. Osteomyelitis is present in approximately 20% of diabetic foot infections.
Robert, Fridman +5 more
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Infections in diabetic foot ulcerations
Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2003Diabetic foot complications are the largest nontraumatic cause of lower extremity amputations, accounting for almost 90,000 amputations per year. Most of these amputations are the result of infections caused by ulcerations of the foot that are not recognized or treated in an appropriate and timely fashion.
Warren S., Joseph, James S., Tan
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MRI and diabetic foot infections
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 1990The role of magnetic resonance imaging and plain radiographs in evaluating osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot was studied. Fifty patients were prospectively examined by magnetic resonance imaging and plain radiographs to determine the extent of infection.
A, Wang +8 more
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Infections in diabetic foot ulcers
European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2003Foot ulcers and infections are common in diabetic patients. A 30-month-long descriptive study was conducted in our hospital in which we analyzed microbiological isolates of all patients admitted with diabetic foot infections. The predominant flora identified were Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, followed by Enterococcus spp.,
F J., Candel González +7 more
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Ertapenem for diabetic foot infections
Drugs of Today, 2006Foot infections are a common cause of hospitalization in people with diabetes. Diabetic foot infections are associated with increased risk of amputation and death. This monograph reviews the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections with particular attention to a new carbapenem antibiotic, ertapenem, which has the potential to reduce ...
Lee C, Rogers +2 more
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