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10447157

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-20
pubmed:abstractText
Forty-five consecutive diabetic patients with 46 upper extremity infections who underwent surgical debridement were retrospectively reviewed. The infections involved the skin or subcutaneous tissue in 19 patients and the fascia, tendon, muscle, or bone in 27. Twenty-three infections (50%) required a single operation and 23 required more than 1. Eighteen infections (39%) required an amputation and there were 3 deaths directly related to an infection. Six of 7 infections in which anaerobic organisms were cultured culminated in amputation. Four patients were diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis. Twenty-one cultures (46%) were polymicrobial. An increased rate of amputation was associated with deep infections below the subcutaneous tissue, renal failure, and infections with gram-negative, anaerobic, or polymicrobial cultures. An increased rate of repeat surgery and a prolonged hospitalization were associated with deep infection and polymicrobial infections.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0363-5023
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
682-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Upper extremity infections in patients with diabetes mellitus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612-7342, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article