Clinical and Microbiological Aspects in Diabetic Patients with Infections in Inferior Limbs

• Main Authors: Kutchynskaya Valero Leal, Kattyuska Valero Leal, Iris Ávila
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2003
• Subjects: diabético; características clínicas; características microbiológicas; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/0c14c5e3255143d1bd4484f9fe1209a2

Between October 2001 and February 2002, 45 diabetic patients with infections in inferior limbs were studied to determine their clinical and microbiological aspects. The most relevant clinical characteristics were: 86,67% suffered type 2 diabetes; the average age of the patients, years suffering diabetes, blood glucose levels and corporal mass index were: 57 ± 12 years, 12,55 years, 274 mg/dl and 21,73 ± 4,24 kg/size2, respectively. The majority of the infections lesions were in the toes (45%); 48% were deep ulceration; 124 microorgamisms were isolated; 64% were Gram negative bacilli with a predominance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae; 31% were Gram positive cocci; 4% were bacilos Gram positive bacillis (Corynebacterium spp); only one Gram positive cocci anaerobic strict (1%) was isolated; 84% of the samples had a polymicrobian isolate.