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

  • Kutchynskaya Valero Leal Chair of Clinical Bacteriology, Bioanalysis School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zulia
  • Kattyuska Valero Leal Internal Medicine, General Hospital of the South of Maracaibo, State. Zulia
  • Iris Ávila Zuliano Diabetes Institute, General Hospital of the South of Maracaibo, State. Zulia
Keywords: Diabetic foot, clinical characteristic, microbiological characteristics

Abstract

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.

Published
2003-11-25
How to Cite
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Valero Leal K, Valero Leal K, Ávila I. Clinical and Microbiological Aspects in Diabetic Patients with Infections in Inferior Limbs. Kasmera [Internet]. 2003Nov.25 [cited 2024Nov.27];31(2):71-9. Available from: https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/4718
Issue
Vol. 31 No. 2 (2003)
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Original Articles

Copyright (c) 2003 Kutchynskaya Valero Leal, Kattyuska Valero Leal, Iris Avila

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