Although the prevalence of diabetes has increased over the last two decades, the incidence of diabetic foot infections among hospitalized adults has decreased, according to a study published in the ...

May 23, 2012 — Correct multidisciplinary treatment of common diabetic foot infections can reduce amputations, according to guidelines for diagnosis and treatment issued by the Infectious Diseases ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The new guidance is an update to the 2019 International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot guidelines. These ...

Viruses may be getting a lot of bad press lately, but it’s important to remember that there are some species that may be helpful to us. Bacteriophages (or just phages) are viruses that prey on ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2010;8(11):1293-1305. The key reason to define whether or not infection is present is that noninfected wounds almost never require antibiotic therapy. Thus, there is no ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The COVID-19 pandemic led to early disruptions in diabetic foot care during lockdowns, and cases of ...

High blood sugar, also known as hyperglycemia, is the hallmark symptom of diabetes, and it puts extra stress on your body. That can impair the body’s immune system and allow bacteria and fungi to ...

Persons with diabetes who develop an infection are at a 55-fold greater risk for hospitalization, and an alarming 154-fold greater risk for amputation. These are some of the startling figures ...

Foot infections in diabetic patients are predominantly caused by gram-positive cocci, many of which are now antibiotic resistant. Because linezolid is active against these pathogens, we compared the ...

Randomised, double-blinded, controlled BIG D-FOOT study demonstrates that local antibiotic delivery using STIMULAN® significantly reduces post-surgical infective complications in patients with ...