Diabetics often suffer from foot infections, yet appropriate care can save limbs, and ultimately lives, according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s new guidelines. The mortality rate for ...

Diabetic foot problems are common throughout the world, and result in major medical, social and economic consequences for the patients, their families, and society. Foot ulcers are likely to be of ...

Participants in the antimicrobial-dressing treatment arm experienced an additional 119 healing events. However, the researchers considered this "low-certainty evidence," due to risk of bias. Use of an ...

Foot infections are a serious complication of diabetes associated with substantial morbidity and occasional mortality. Antibiotic therapy for mild infections in patients who have not recently received ...

Data demonstrated a numerical treatment benefit across multiple efficacy measures, including full wound closure, despite study not being powered for statistical efficacy The study met its primary ...

Topical pravibismane was found to be safe and well-tolerated for all doses tested in subjects with moderate to severely infected, chronic diabetic foot ulcers Pravibismane treatment demonstrated ...

May 23, 2012 — Correct multidisciplinary treatment of common diabetic foot infections can reduce amputations, according to guidelines for diagnosis and treatment issued by the Infectious Diseases ...

Over time type 2 diabetes can affect all body parts, including the feet. When blood sugars are not controlled, moist areas in ...

Non healing chronic wounds are difficult to treat in patients with diabetes and can result in severe medical problems for these patients and for society. Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that there are 30.3 million people living with diabetes in the United States. Diabetes comes with many serious complications, including chronic ...