microbiological profile of diabetic foot ulcers in kuwait

Asma Alhubail; May Sewify; Grace Messenger; Richard Masoetsa; Imtiaz Hussain; Shinu Nair; Ali Tiss

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244306

microbiological profile of diabetic foot ulcers in kuwait

Asma Alhubail, May Sewify, Grace Messenger, Richard Masoetsa, Imtiaz Hussain, Shinu Nair, Ali Tiss

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Introduction Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) and infection (DFI) are a major diabetes-related problem around the world due to the high prevalence of diabetes in the population. The aim of our study was to determine the microbiological profile of infected ulcers in patients attending Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI) clinics in Kuwait and to analyze the distribution of microbial isolates according to wound grade, sex, age and diabetes control. Methods We collected and analyzed clinical data and samples from 513 diabetic patients with foot ulcers referred to our podiatry clinic at DDI from Jan 2011 till Dec 2017. Results We show a higher prevalence of DFU in men than in women, and a greater percentage of DFU occurred in men at an earlier age (p

Original language	American English
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	15
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244306
State	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

UN SDGs

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