الفهرس | Only 14 pages are availabe for public view |
Abstract Diabetic foot infection is the most common cause of hospital admission in diabetic patients. Ho””·ever, the diabetic neuropathy and angiopathy play an important role in this situation. Hyperglycaemia and the presence of skin changes in the diabetic foot are of great importance as predisposing factors in the diabetic foot infection. In such predisposed foot, a trivial trauma may quickly lead to ulceration, infection and gangrene and to the most devastating complication, the amputation. However, the other foot is considered as ”at risk foot” so, it must be dealt with carefully and we must realize the fact that preve:ltion is much more important than treatment. Mixed polymicrobial infection is common in diabetic foot infection with the prominence of the anaerobic species. |