[Isolation the aerobic bacteria caused infection in diabetic foot ulcers and their susceptibility to antibiotics]

ABSTRACT

Diabetic foot ulcers are a common and disastrous complication in patients with diabetes, that can progress rapidly to gangrene and then amputation of the foot. This study investigated the aerobic bacteria in diabetic foot ulcers and their susceptibility to several antibiotics. We obtained 100 specimens 94 specimens showed microbial growth and 128 microbes were isolated. The most frequently isolated pathogens were gram-positive bacteria 59.34%, including Staphylococcus 36.80%, Streptococcus 17.96% and Enterococcus 4.68%. Gram-negative bacteria accounted for 40.36%, including members of Entero-bacteriaceae family 32.8%, Pseudomonas aeroginosa 7.8%. Gram-positive bacteria were all fully sensitive to Vancomycin and Linizolid. Gram-positive bacteria were all fully sensitive to Amikacin and Imipenem