dc.contributor.author | Mcligeyo, SO | |
dc.contributor.author | Otieno, LS | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-30T11:47:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-07-30T11:47:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1991 | |
dc.identifier.citation | East African Medical Journal. 68(3) 204-209, 1991. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2070756 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/52516 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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). | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Diabetes Ulcers - A Clinical And Bacteriological Study. | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Faculty of medicine | en |