Risk Factors for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Infection in Diabetic Foot Ulcer

Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the most serious complications of diabetes.1 Epidemiological investigation found that the global prevalence of DFU is 6.3%, and what is more troublesome is that DFU also has a high recurrence rate.3 Cohort studies have shown that DFU have a high mortality rate in both developed and developing countries, with a 5-year mortality rate of up to 42%. With high morbidity and mortality, DFU has been the main cause of nontraumatic lower-limb amputations. We have developed a model for predicting the risk of early DFU, which may potentially guide early intervention. Hyperglycemia impair immune cells activity in eliminating pathogens, while severe infection can cause stress hyperglycemia. The interaction of the two ways has resulted in a rapid development of diabetic foot infection (DFI) and sometimes a necrotizing abscess can be developed in just 6 days. Early empiric antibiotic treatment is necessary due to the long culture time of microorganisms and the lack of basic microbiology laboratories. But Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) infection is easy to make antibiotic treatment failure, increasing the difficulty of diabetic foot treatment … read more