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Study of bacteriology and antibiogram of diabetic foot infections

Rudramurthy K.G., Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Kerala Medical College & Hospital, Palakkad, Kerala 679503, India. , Gundala Obulesu1 , Rudramurthy K.G.2 , A.K. Padmavathi3 , Arun Aravind4

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Journal of Microbiology and Related Research 4(1):p 43-49, . | DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jmrr.2395.6623.4118.8
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Inroduction: Diabetes mellitus comprises a group of common metabolic disorders that share the phenotype of hyperglycemia. Diabetics exhibit a great frequency and severity of infection. A diabetic with foot complication spends 32.3% of the total income compared to 9.3% by the diabetic without foot complication

Materials & Methods:  The sample taken was pus and exudates from the base of the ulcer after cleaning the necrotic tissue with a saline gauge. Direct Microscopy, Culture, Biochemical reactions & antibiotic sensitivity,

Results: The male to female ratio was 2.03 in our study, The ulcers occurred over a wide range of age from 16 years to 78 years with a mean age of 47 years.64 out of 100 cases were between the ages of 45-65 years. There was only one case below 25 years of age and 3 cases above 75 years, Monomicrobial infections are more in grades–I &II and polymicrobial infections are more in grades– III & IV. 

Conclusion: The present study was conducted to know the bacteriology and antibiogram of diabetic foot infections in and aroundMangode, Palakkaddistrict Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most common organism isolated and constitutes 32.43% of the total isolates Out of the 15 Pseudomonal isolates that were subjected to Screening of Amp – C β lactomase by diantagonism test only 4 isolates showed blunting of Cefotaxime zone of inhibition adjacent and to Cefoxitin and were considered screen positive

Keywords: Diabetic Foot; Amp – C; β Lactamase.

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  • Rudramurthy K.G., Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Kerala Medical College & Hospital, Palakkad, Kerala 679503, India.
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  • Gundala Obulesu1
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  • Rudramurthy K.G.2
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  • A.K. Padmavathi3
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  • Arun Aravind4
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