scholarly journals The Biogun: A Novel Way of Eradicating Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Colonization in Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Response to Dang et al.

Diabetes Care ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 2181-2181 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Lipsky
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Foot Ulcers ◽  
Diabetic Foot Ulcers ◽  
Methicillin Resistant

Infections of Diabetic Foot Ulcers With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estrella Cervantes-García ◽  
Rafael García-González ◽  
Aldo Reséndiz-Albor ◽  
Paz Maria Salazar-Schettino
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Foot Ulcers ◽  
Diabetic Foot Ulcers ◽  
Methicillin Resistant

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis from a Diabetic Foot Ulcer

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 (6) ◽  
pp. 528-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Hale ◽  
Emily Vicks ◽  
Mary T. LaSalvia ◽  
John M. Giurini ◽  
Adolf W. Karchmer
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Foot Ulcer ◽  
Diabetic Foot Ulcer ◽  
The United States ◽  
Foot Ulcers ◽  
Diabetic Foot Ulcers ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Diabetic Foot Infections

Diabetic foot infections are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, and successful treatment often requires an aggressive and prolonged approach. Recent work has elucidated the importance of appropriate therapy for a given severity of diabetic foot infection, and highlighted the ongoing risk such patients have for subsequent invasive life-threatening infection should diabetic foot ulcers fail to heal. The authors describe the case of a man with diabetes who had prolonged, delayed healing of a diabetic foot ulcer. The ulcer subsequently became infected by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The infection was treated conservatively with oral therapy and minimal debridement. Several months later, he experienced MRSA bloodstream infection and complicating endocarditis. The case highlights the ongoing risk faced by patients when diabetic foot ulcers do not heal promptly, and emphasizes the need for aggressive therapy to promote rapid healing and eradication of MRSA.

scholarly journals Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in infected and uninfected diabetic foot ulcers

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Tentolouris ◽  
G. Petrikkos ◽  
N. Vallianou ◽  
C. Zachos ◽  
G.L. Daikos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Foot Ulcers ◽  
Diabetic Foot Ulcers ◽  
Methicillin Resistant

The Biogun: A novel way of eradicating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in diabetic foot ulcers

Diabetes Care ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 1176-1176 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. N. Dang ◽  
R. Anwar ◽  
G. Thomas ◽  
Y. D.M. Prasad ◽  
A. J.M. Boulton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Foot Ulcers ◽  
Diabetic Foot Ulcers ◽  
Methicillin Resistant

scholarly journals Effects of topical Vancomycin Dressing on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) positive diabetic foot ulcers

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anas Bin Saif ◽  
Sohail Jabbar ◽  
Muhammad Saeed Akhtar ◽  
Ahmed Mushtaq ◽  
Mansoor Tariq
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Foot Ulcers ◽  
Military Hospital ◽  
Diabetic Foot Ulcers ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Early Healing

Objective: To compare the effects of simple saline dressings versus topical vancomycin dressings on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus positive chronic diabetic foot ulcers. Methods: It was quasi experimental study conducted in Combined Military Hospital Kohat and PNS-Shifa Hospital Karachi from 01 January 2017 to 31 December 2017. A total of 23 patients were included based on non-probability convenient sampling who had diabetes and presented with foot ulcers for more than two weeks showing positive growth of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. The patients were treated with simple saline soaked dressings and debridement at first for three weeks followed by three weeks of topical vancomycin dressings with debridement. Thus patients served as their own controls Results: The average change in surface area with saline dressing was +1.73 ±1.53cm2 per week whereas with vancomycin soaked dressing it was --0.06±1.60 cm2 per week (p <0.05). The average exudate also decreased from 1.78±1.23 to 0.99±0.72 (p<0.05) and same trend was observed in percentage of slough covering the ulcer from 45% ± 22.3% to 24.3% ±12.90% (p<0.05) with vancomycin dressing. Moreover, fifteen patients had negative culture for MRSA within 2 weeks. Conclusion: Vancomycin impregnated dressing in MRSA positive Diabetic foot may help achieve early healing as compared to simple conventional dressings with no systemic toxicity. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.4.368 How to cite this:Saif AB, Jabbar S, Akhtar MS, Mushtaq A, Tariq M. Effects of topical Vancomycin Dressing on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) positive diabetic foot ulcers. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(4):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.4.368 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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