Diabetes Ulcers - A Clinical And Bacteriological Study.
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1991Author
Mcligeyo, SO
Otieno, LS
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In an 8 month period we have studied 100 consecutive patients with diabetic ulcers. The sex distribution was even. Eighty-three percent had non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Sixty-nine percent of the ulcers were gangrenous as opposed to neuropathic and over half the ulcers involved the big toes. Osteomyclitis was seen in 44% of the patients. Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli were the commonest infecting organisms at initial cultures and at repeat cultures 4 weeks later. Amoxicillin plus clavulinic acid (Augmentin) and Clindamycin were the best antimicrobial combinations in cases where the ulcers had some acute features (e.g. surrounding cellulitis).
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2070756http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/52516
Citation
East African Medical Journal. 68(3) 204-209, 1991.Publisher
University of Nairobi Faculty of medicine
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10377]