Document Type : Research Article
Abstract
Background: Diabetes mellitus is one of the most important underlying condition contributing to high morbidity and mortality globally leading to a number of cumbersome clinical conditions, of which a Diabetic Foot Ulcer ( DFU) is the most dreaded complication. A leading cause of hospitalization, in diabetic patients 36 the consequences are adverse leading to loss of a part of the lower limb or the whole limb. The risk of amputating a lower limb is 15 -46 times higher in a diabetic patient than in a non diabetic patient.
Aims and objectives: 1. To determine the genera of microorganisms found in diabetic foot ulcer. 2. To determine the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of organisms found in diabetic foot ulcer.
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