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JIMSA › Vol 24 No 4 · October–December 2011

Case Report · pages 207–212

Diabetic Foot Infections. - -Ashok Damir

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Diabetic Foot Infections. - -Ashok Damir. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2011;24(4):207–212.

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Diabetes is known for it’s complications & Diabetic Foot infections are one of the most common problems in Diabetics. They are predisposed to foot infections because of a compromised vascular supply secondary to diabetes. Local trauma in association with lack of sensation because of neuropathy & microvascular disease, may result in various diabetic foot infections that run the spectrum from localised simple, superficial Cellulitis to chronic osteomyelitis.

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