Invasive systemic infection is a major complication of diabetic foot ulcers and is associated with increased mortality, according to data from a retrospective cohort study. Researchers recommend ...

Viruses may be getting a lot of bad press lately, but it’s important to remember that there are some species that may be helpful to us. Bacteriophages (or just phages) are viruses that prey on ...

Researchers confirm that neuropathy and ischaemia are two main factors that result in diabetic foot ulcer with significant impairment of quality of life. Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU) are a common ...

The photo of the patient's foot, sent from his campsite, included a cheeky note: "I remember you telling me that getting in trouble doing something was better than getting in trouble doing nothing.

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 ...

Participants in the antimicrobial-dressing treatment arm experienced an additional 119 healing events. However, the researchers considered this "low-certainty evidence," due to risk of bias. Use of an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with diabetic foot infection had a 95% limb salvage rate with local antibiotic-loaded hydroxyapatite ...

Microbion Corporation today announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued United States Patent No. 11,207,288 to Microbion on December 28, 2021, with claims to the use of ...

The prognosis for people with an infected diabetic foot ulcer is worse than was previously thought, according to new research. More than half the patients in the research study did not see their ulcer ...

It’s a condition born of too much sugar, but the news is not so sweet. Diabetes is on the rise among adults and children across the United States and many parts of the world, making it one of the ...

Diabetic patients, especially those with very high hyperglycemia, are at an increased risk of developing foot sores or ulcers. 1 The ulcers are often painless, which may be due to neuropathy or nerve ...

Dipexium Pharmaceuticals said today it will review pursuing other indications for its diabetic foot ulcer candidate Locilex ® (pexiganan cream 0.8%) after topline results showed that Locilex failed ...