Diagnosis of infection in the foot in diabetes: a systematic review

• Published in: Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews Vol. 36; no. S1; pp. e3281 - n/a
• Main Authors: Senneville, Éric, Lipsky, Benjamin A., Abbas, Zulfiqarali G., Aragón‐Sánchez, Javier, Diggle, Mathew, Embil, John M., Kono, Shigeo, Lavery, Lawrence A., Malone, Matthew, Asten, Suzanne A., Urbančič‐Rovan, Vilma, Peters, Edgar J.G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley 01.03.2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Amputation; Clinical Trials as Topic; Contamination; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications; Diabetic Foot; Diabetic Foot - diagnosis; Diabetic Foot - etiology; Diagnosis; diseases; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Feet; foot; Foot diseases; foot ulcer; Humans; imaging studies; Infections; Inflammation; inflammatory markers; Localization; Medical diagnosis; Morbidity; Osteomyelitis; Patients; probe‐to‐bone; Soft Tissue Infections; Soft Tissue Infections - diagnosis; Soft Tissue Infections - etiology; Soft tissues; Systematic review; XXXXXX - Unknown; osteomyelitis; inflammatory markers; foot ulcer; diabetic foot; probe-to-bone; diagnosis; diabetes mellitus; imaging studies; systematic review

Background Securing an early accurate diagnosis of diabetic foot infections and assessment of their severity are of paramount importance since these infections can cause great morbidity and potentially mortality and present formidable challenges in surgical and antimicrobial treatment. Methods In Ju...