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Overview
Causes
Common Causes
Common causes of diabetic foot may include:[1][2][3]
- peripheral neuropathy
- Ischemia from peripheral vascular disease
- In the presence of diabetic foot infection, the following are the most common causes of infections:
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Proteus mirabilis
- Bacteroides fragilis
- Escherichia coli (It wascthe most common gram negative bacteria in one study)
References
- ↑ Roberts AJ, Barry D, Yi-Frazier J, Rutman L, Pihoker C, Malik FS (2021). "Screening for Mental Health Comorbidities in a Pediatric Diabetes Clinic Setting". Clin Diabetes. 39 (1): 97–101. doi:10.2337/cd20-0037. PMC 7839615 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 33551559 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ El-Tahawy AT (2000). "Bacteriology of diabetic foot". Saudi Med J. 21 (4): 344–7. PMID 11533815.
- ↑ Sharma VK, Khadka PB, Joshi A, Sharma R (2006). "Common pathogens isolated in diabetic foot infection in Bir Hospital". Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ). 4 (3): 295–301. PMID 18603922.