%0 Journal Article
%T Microbiological Study of Diabetic Foot Ulcer
%J BIRDEM Medical Journal
%D 2018
%R https://doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v8i3.38133
%X Background: Diabetic foot is one of the most feared complications of diabetes and is the leading cause of hospitalization in diabetic patients. Limb-threatening infection in diabetic patients are usually polymicrobial involving both multiple aerobic and anaerobic organisms. Methods: The present study was a cross sectional study, conducted in the Department of Surgery and Microbiology at BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, over a period of 9 months during January 2017- September¡¯ 2017. The study included a total of 77 adult patients of clinically diagnosed diabetic foot patients presenting to outpatient department and emergency ward. The standard case definition of diabetic foot is ¡®any pathology occurring in the foot of a patient suffering from diabetes mellitus or as a result of long term complication of diabetes mellitus¡¯. Results: 17(22.1%) patients had Klebsiella pneumonia, 14(18.2%) had Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 11(14.3%) had Staphylococcus aureus, 10(13.0%) had Escherichia coli, 6(7.8%) had Coagulase-negative staphylococci and 8(10.4%) had Providencia spp. In Escherichia coli 100% sensitivity to imipenem, 70% to amoxicillinclavulanic acid, amikacin, piperacillin-tazobactam. In Coagulase-negative Staphylococci 83.3% sensitivity to tetracycline, 66.7% to ceftriaxone. In Proteus mirabilis 100% sensitivity to tetracycline, amikacin, ceftriaxone, imipenem, piperacillin-tazobactam. In Enterococcus spp.75.0% sensitivity to tetracycline. In Citrobacter spp. 100% sensitivity to imipenem. Conclusion: Common organism found in diabetic foot ulcer patients were Klebsiella pneumonia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Coagulase-negative staphylococci and Providencia spp. In tetracycline, amikacin, ceftriaxone, imipenem, piperacillin-tazobactam was 100% sensitive in Proteus mirabilis and only imipenem found in Citrobacter spp. Birdem Med J 2018; 8(3): 251-256
%K Diabetic foot ulcer
%K Organism
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