Roxana Mădălina Mitroi, Maria Magdalena Roșu, Diana Clenciu, Vlad Pădureanu, Adina Mitrea, Maria Andreea Grigore, Emilia Roxana Mazilu, Dumitru Rădulescu, Ionela Mihaela Vladu
The connection between vasculitis and infection is complex. The present study described a typical situation for a patient with unbalanced type 2 diabetes and chronic complications, in which a lack of adherence to the protection and care measures ultimately led to the appearance of some of the worst consequences of the condition, namely, ulceration, gangrene and amputation. In the context of an unstable condition with significant metabolic imbalance there was an impaired response to infections in the present patient, and the amputation resulted in wound persistence and ulcer development, followed by superinfection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus according to the antibiogram performed...
May 2024: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine