[Microbiology of the diabetic foot: is the swab culture useful?].

Background: The microbiology of the diabetic foot is complex, making swab culture controversial; biopsy culture is the gold standard.

Objective: To determine the diagnostic utility of swab culture in diabetic foot ulcers.

Methods: Comparative study of diagnostic utility.

Salvaging diabetic foot through debridement, pressure alleviation, metabolic control, and antibiotics.

There is a fatalist perception of diabetic foot because the argument of "small-vessel disease" prevails. This is the report of a cohort study of patients facing a formal recommendation for major foot amputation to assess how many can be saved with a conventional treatment, defined as debridement, pressure alleviation, metabolic control, and antibiotics. The primary efficacy measurement was the salvage of the limb at the follow-up visit between 25 and 35 days after the first consultation.

[Diabetic foot microbiology through biopsy cultures].

Objective: To determine the microbiology of diabetic foot wounds, through biopsy cultures.

Materials And Methods: Patients with diabetic foot and clinical data of infection were recruited consecutively. Cultures were processed for aerobic organisms after mortar homogenization.