[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.

[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.