TITLE:
Bacteriological Profile in Diabetic Foot Patients
AUTHORS:
Adriana Lam Vivanco, Flor María Espinoza, Fabián Cuenca Mayorga, Jovanny Santos Luna, Marlene Chamba Tandazo, Elida Yesica Reyes Rueda, Kerly Davila Davila
KEYWORDS:
Diabetic Foot, Bacteria, Gram-Negative, Escherichia coli, Gram-Positive, Staphylococcus aerus
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Diabetes Mellitus,
Vol.7 No.4,
October
12,
2017
ABSTRACT: One of the complications
carried by diabetes clinical pictures is the so-called diabetic foot,
regardless of age, genre, ethnic group, and socio-economic level; limb
amputation is usually an inevitable means to an end. The present research work
had the purpose to determine microorganism responsible of ulcer infection in
diabetic foot on its more frequent occurrence. Diabetic foot is a public health
issue for its high incidence and its high sanitary costs. The present work consisted on a descriptive-retrospective
research to seventy patients who were attended in a privately-owned hospital in
Machala-Ecuador. Type III (according to Wagner scale) was determined as most
frequent value. Microorganisms with a
higher incidence degree were found
to be gram-negative
bacteria Escherichia Coli 27 (69.28%) and gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aereus 25 (80%).