The Current Status of Bacterial Identification by Wound Culture for Diabetic Foot Lesions in a Single Tertiary Hospital in South Korea

• DOI: 10.14193/jkfas.2021.25.2.100
• Publication Date: 2021-06-10T07:29:28Z
• Authors: Sung Yoon Jung; Myoung Jin Lee; Seung Yup Lee; Sang Yoon Lee
• Keywords: Identification; Foot (prosody)

diabetes and infection is usually accompanied with DFU, therefore antibiotic treatment often required. 1)Since the need for admission care inevitable in most patients associated infection, economic burden of medical expenses growing annually. 2)In diabetes, since immunity weakens decreased function neutrophil, soft tissue infections can worsen quickly may be osteomyelitis sepsis without adequate therapy. 3)Recent studies have reported that antibiotic-resistant bacteria DFU are becoming