The aim of this study was to assess the concordance between culture results from wound swabs and tissue samples in patients with suspected diabetic foot infection. Methods and analysis Patients with a ...

Objective We examined associations between ulcer bioburden and ulcer outcomes in neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) that lacked clinical signs of infection. Research Design and Methods Three ...

Diabetic Foot Infection (DFI): An infection that occurs in the foot of a person with diabetes, often resulting from ulcers or wounds that do not heal properly. Gram-positive and Gram-negative ...

At present, DFU with infection and necrosis ... using power analysis and sample size (PASS) software (NCSS, Kaysville, Utah) to calculate the sample size of at least 42, 26 and 38 cases. That is, the ...

Diabetic foot problems are common throughout ... education and frequent follow-up is indicated for these patients. When infection complicates a foot ulcer, the combination can be limb-threatening ...

A hospital trust is one of only a handful in the country offering routine limb-saving plastic surgery for diabetic patients suffering from foot ulcers ... cleaning out the infected wound then ...

Roger Tuck, an engineer and grandfather of three young grandchildren, underwent surgery to treat an infection in the heel of his foot caused by diabetes. Roger Tuck underwent surgery to treat an ...

Although some studies have reported that CAP could improve the wound healing speed compared with conventional traditional therapy, the samples ... a thorough collection of RCTs on the use of CAP ...