Diabetic Extremity Infections: Our Clinical Experiences

Abstract

Between April’93 & March’96, we follewed 93 patients (68 men & 33 women) who have 101 extremity infections in Internal Medicine Section, Infectious Diseases Unit. Among them one patient three times and six patients two times was followed. 93 infections diagnosed in lower extremities and 8 in upper. 39 (38.6%) of them was osteomyelitis and 62 (61.4%) wus soft tissue infection. Amputation was done in 17 (16.8%) patients because of late admission and gangrene 28 (27.7%) bacterial growth detected in aspiration cultures. The most frequent isolate was S.aureus (35.6%).

Keywords

• Diabetic Exremity Infection
• Cost Treatment
• Education