Diabetic Foot Infection
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PATHOGENS
- Most diabetic foot infections (DFI) polymicrobial; however, if patient hasn’t recently received abx therapy, often monomicrobial and due to either staphylococcal or streptococcal infection.
- Frequent pathogens: most DFIs are polymicrobial.
- Aerobic Gram positive:
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Streptococcal spp.
- Enterococcus spp.
- Coagulase-negative staphylococci usually a contaminant if obtained from superficial swab, but should be viewed as authentic if obtained from deep tissue or bone.
- Aerobic Gram negative
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa (although frequently a commensal when found, studies using abx without antipseudomonal activity often yield similar results e.g., ertapenem v. piperacillin/tazobactam[13])
- Anaerobes, facultative anaerobes: usually when ulcers are deep, chronic and/or necrotic tissue is present.
- Aerobic Gram positive:
- Superficial infections (cellulitis, cellulitis involving blisters and shallow ulcers) are typically caused by S. aureus or beta-hemolytic streptococci.
- Infections of ulcers that are chronic or previously treated with antibiotics may be caused by aerobic Gram-negative bacilli, S. aureus or Streptococci.
- Deep soft tissue infections, osteomyelitis, and gangrene are more often polymicrobial, including aerobic gram-negative bacilli and anaerobes (anaerobic streptococci, Bacteroides fragilis group, Clostridium species), but Staphyloccocus aureus is also common as single pathogen.
- Multi-drug resistant Gram-negative organisms described in DFI especially ESBL, but most resistant organisms w/ reports from India and warmer climates.
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PATHOGENS
- Most diabetic foot infections (DFI) polymicrobial; however, if patient hasn’t recently received abx therapy, often monomicrobial and due to either staphylococcal or streptococcal infection.
- Frequent pathogens: most DFIs are polymicrobial.
- Aerobic Gram positive:
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Streptococcal spp.
- Enterococcus spp.
- Coagulase-negative staphylococci usually a contaminant if obtained from superficial swab, but should be viewed as authentic if obtained from deep tissue or bone.
- Aerobic Gram negative
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa (although frequently a commensal when found, studies using abx without antipseudomonal activity often yield similar results e.g., ertapenem v. piperacillin/tazobactam[13])
- Anaerobes, facultative anaerobes: usually when ulcers are deep, chronic and/or necrotic tissue is present.
- Aerobic Gram positive:
- Superficial infections (cellulitis, cellulitis involving blisters and shallow ulcers) are typically caused by S. aureus or beta-hemolytic streptococci.
- Infections of ulcers that are chronic or previously treated with antibiotics may be caused by aerobic Gram-negative bacilli, S. aureus or Streptococci.
- Deep soft tissue infections, osteomyelitis, and gangrene are more often polymicrobial, including aerobic gram-negative bacilli and anaerobes (anaerobic streptococci, Bacteroides fragilis group, Clostridium species), but Staphyloccocus aureus is also common as single pathogen.
- Multi-drug resistant Gram-negative organisms described in DFI especially ESBL, but most resistant organisms w/ reports from India and warmer climates.
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