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Diabetes and Foot Infection: What Is the Relationship

Over time type 2 diabetes can affect all body parts, including the feet. When blood sugars are not controlled, moist areas in ...
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IDSA Issues Diabetic Foot Infection Management Guidelines

May 23, 2012 — Correct multidisciplinary treatment of common diabetic foot infections can reduce amputations, according to guidelines for diagnosis and treatment issued by the Infectious Diseases ...
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Cultures of Diabetic Foot Ulcers Without Clinical Signs of Infection do not Predict Outcomes

Objective We examined associations between ulcer bioburden and ulcer outcomes in neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) that lacked clinical signs of infection. Research Design and Methods Three ...
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LaVar Ball Discusses Foot Amputation; Underwent Multiple Surgeries for Infection

LaVar Ball, the father of NBA players Lonzo and LaMelo Ball, told Slam on Tuesday that diabetic complications caused him to need an amputation on part of his right leg. Ball said he got an infection ...
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H5N1 Bird Flu Explodes Across All 50 US States – Over 70 Infected, 1 Death Sparks Fears of a COVID-Like Global Pandemic

Bird Flu Pandemic Alert In US: After battling the deadliest COVID-19 virus for over 5 years, the United States is now grappling with a sudden spike in cases associated with the H5N1 virus, also known ...