A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON PREVALENCE OF BACTERIAL PATHOGENS IN DIABETIC ULCER AND INTERVENTIONAL COMPONENT FOR THE PREVENTION OF FOOT ULCERS
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Diabetes is considered to have reached epidemic proportions worldwide. The most distressing complication of diabetes is foot ulcer and is the major cause of lower limb amputation. Hence, they require a prolonged hospital stay to combat more serious complications like gangrene and lower limb amputation. Early detection and prompt treatment help in alleviating the ulceration. Methods: The present study was conducted among 50 diabetes patients. Study subjects were selected using non probability purposive sampling technique. Pus samples were collected by using sterile swabs in a sterile manner from the ulcerated area. The wounds are washed vigorously with normal saline solution before collection of specimen. The specimens were transported immediately to the laboratory for culture. The clinical specimens were first screened microscopically by Gram’s stain, and then cultured on blood agar (aerobically and an aerobically), MacConkey agar and Robertson cooked meat broth for 48 hours at 37°C in 5-10 percent CO2 and bacteria’s were isolated. Results: The socio demographic profile of the present study reveals that males were predominant among the study population. Type II diabetes was more common, majority of study subjects are suffering from diabetes for more than 5 years and are treated with oral hypoglycemic drugs. The wound size was ≤ 2cms in majority of study subjects. The bacteriological profile of diabetic ulcer reveals that a majority of 23 (46%) had growth of Staphylococcus aureus and 19 (38%) had growth of klebsiella and a minimum of 6 (12%) and 2 (4%) had grown of Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus albus. Conclusion: Early detection of these bacterial pathogens helps to minimize the disease progress.
Authors and Affiliations
Jerlin Priya| Principal, Annammal College of Nursing, Kuzhithurai, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu-629163, Corresponding author email: jerlinmsnaccn@gmail.com, Rajamanickam Rajkumar| Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Meenakshi Medical College, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, Bakthasingh| Microbiologist, Joyce Clinical Lab, Marthandam, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu-629156
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