Diabetes Research

Renowned researchers at three universities unveil startling data about infection-induced amputation

Published in Blood Weekly, June 22nd, 2006

Persons with diabetes who develop an infection are at a 55-fold greater risk for hospitalization, and an alarming 154-fold greater risk for amputation, according to data collected by researchers from Texas A&M University, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, and the University of Washington on nearly 1,700 patients over a two-year period.

"The results strongly suggested that foot infections are common and complex. They are also costly in terms of morbidity," noted Dr. Lawrence A. Lavery of Texas A&M, the lead author on the study.

The study also found that nearly 9 in 10 amputations performed are instigated by an infection. "This was...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2006-06-22)

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