Isolation and identification of pathogens from diabetic foot infections from k. r. hospital, Mysore

The relative frequencies of bacterial isolates cultured from diabetic foot infections were studied. Samples were collected from 120 patients with diabetic foot infections from K. R. Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India, from June to November 2010. Out of 120 patients, 88 were of non-insulin dependent (NIDDM) and 32 male were insulin dependent (IDDM) among NIDDM 52 were male and 36 female. The specimens were collected from the site of the wound and cultured and identified by standards methods. From the results it is found that Staphylococcus sp. (76.66%), Pseudomonas sp. (63.33%), E. coli (56.6%), Enterobacter sp. (53.33%), Proteus sp. (50.00%), Klebsiella sp. (43.33%) and Bacillus sp. (16.66%) were the most common bacterial isolates. Whereas, Candida sp.  (66.66%) was the only fungal isolate that was found.