Nasal Colonization of Methicillin Resistant &lt;i&gt;Staphylococcus aureus&lt;/i&gt; and its Plausibleassociation with Infected Foot Ulcers in Diabetic Patients

Padmavathy, Kesavaram; Krishnan, Raja Shanmuga; Krishnan, Padma; Sathyapriya, Bhaskaran

doi:10.37506/v10/i12/2019/ijphrd/192344

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“… 1 2 11 13 14 15 17 In a study on the microbiology of diabetic foot ulcers, the isolation rate of Staphylococcus species was 18.5%, of which 80% were Staphylococcus aureus and 20% were CoNS. 18 However, in our study on diabetic hand infections, 67% of the Staphylococci were CoNS.…”

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Diabetic Hand Infections: Factors at Presentation Influencing Amputation and Number of Surgical Procedures

Ramkumar

Periasamy

Bhardwaj

et al. 2021

Indian J Plast Surg

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Background Diabetic hand infections are associated with significant morbidity and disability. Amputations cause permanent disability, and multiple surgical procedures lead to morbidity. Diabetic foot infections have been well-studied but literature on hand infections is limited. We undertook a retrospective study of patients with diabetic hand infections operated at our center to study the factors at presentation with significant association with amputation and number of surgical procedures. Patients and Methods Demographic data of 51 patients was collected. The six parameters, namely, duration of diabetes, “onset of symptoms to presentation” interval, presence of comorbidities, HbA1c level, random blood sugar (RBS) levels at admission, and culture characteristics were selected for statistical analysis to find a relationship with the two outcome variables: number of procedures done and need for amputation. Results On bivariate analysis, Gram-negative infection was found to have a significant relationship with the need for multiple of procedures (p = 0.014). The mean difference between the “onset of symptoms to presentation” interval between the amputation/non-amputation groups (2.9 days, p = 0.04) and the multiple procedures/non-multiple procedure groups (4.4 days, p = 0.02) was found to be statistically significant. Presence of comorbidities, long duration of diabetes, HbA1c, and RBS levels at admission did not show any statistically significant association with the two outcome variables studied. Conclusion In the present study, we found that infection with Gram-negative organisms is significantly related to the need for multiple surgical procedures. A delay in presentation can influence the risk of amputation as well as multiple procedures. Institution of early appropriate care is important to get a good outcome.

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