“Foot ulcers develop in 15% of people suffering from diabetes mellitus, which may evolve to uncontrolled infections requiring lower leg amputation. In the US, 81,000 lower leg amputations occur per year in diabetic patients, and associated health care cost are very significant.Typically diabetic foot infections are caused by staphylococci (including MRSA) and streptococci, and very often involve also Gram-negative and anaerobic bacteria. Adequate treatment of diabetic foot infections requires hospitalization, urgent surgery and broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics.
In March 2003, the FDA granted Ceftobiprole a fast track designation for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus species.”
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Lene Petite // Jul 21, 2006 at 10:24 am
Terrific facts… How can a person prevent the consequences of foot ulcers and what are the stages on which it is possible to escape leg amputation?
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