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Serum Procalcitonin (PCT) - Is there a Role as an Early Biomarker in Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcer (IDFU) Patients? [PDF]
Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2023 Introduction: Infected diabetic foot ulcers may lead to serious complications if not recognised in the early stage. Diagnosis of infection is particularly challenging at that stage; thus, a sensitive inflammatory biomarker may be helpful.
Omar J +6 more
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Bulletin of Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University, 2018 The infective diabetic foot ulcer was caused by the high microbial infection affecting the surrounding tissue of the foot. The distal region of a foot was affected by the microbial infection in an uncontrolled situation.
Karthikeyan Elumalai +7 more
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Assessment Of C-Reactive Protein And Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor In Diabetic Foot Infection [PDF]
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2011 Background and study aim: : Diabetic foot ulcer is a universal health problem. Neuroischemic changes and infection are responsible for its occurrence and complications.
Gehan Ibrahim +3 more
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The treatment of diabetic foot infections [PDF]
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2010 Successful treatment of infection in the feet of patients with diabetes mellitus remains a challenge. Although the diagnosis of infection remains a clinical decision, presentation in feet rendered insensate from diabetic neuropathy plus co-existing vascular insufficiency means presentation is often atypical. Wounds frequently yield polymicrobial growth
Andrew S, Powlson, Anthony P, Coll
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Examination of Feet in People with Diabetes: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians
Chronicle of Diabetes Research and Practice, 2023 Diabetic foot is a common complication of diabetes and leads to considerable morbidity and mortality. Neuropathy, deformity, infection and ischemia play a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetic foot ulcer.
Shubhangi R. Tathare +5 more
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Saudi Medical Journal, 2006 Diabetic foot infection DFI is simply defined as suspected or documented infection of the tissues that comprise the foot of a diabetic patient. Diabetic foot infection is often caused by introduction of an infection into the otherwise sterile soft tissues of the foot through a minor skin break down.
Nidal A, Younes, Faris G, Bakri
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Procalcitonin as a marker of diabetic foot ulcer infection
The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2019 Background Procalcitonin (PCT), an amino acid protein precursor of calcitonin hormone released by thyroid C cells or other body cells, can be used as a marker for diagnosing infection. PCT has a suggestive role in diagnosing diabetic foot infection alone
Nabil A El-Kafrawy +4 more
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Republication of “The Evaluation and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Diabetic Foot Infections”
Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2023 Diabetic foot ulcers and infections are common complications of diabetic foot disease. Additionally, these complications are a common cause of morbidity and impose a substantial burden to the patient and society.
Michael A. Del Core MD +5 more
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Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 2023 Background: Diabetes is a silent killer, wherein prolonged poor glucose control could lead to acute diabetic ulcers that are responsible for foot ulcers in the lower body extremities.
Chinmaya Mahapatra, Awanish Kumar
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections [PDF]
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, 2004 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 1. Foot infections in patients with diabetes cause substantial morbidity and frequent visits to health care professionals and may lead to amputation of a lower extremity. 2. Diabetic foot infections require attention to local (foot) and systemic (metabolic) issues and coordinated management, preferably by a multidisciplinary foot ...
Lipsky, Benjamin Alan +10 more
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