2023
Clinical presentation of group B Streptococcus-infected diabetic foot ulcers
Waldman O, Dexter B, Sulovari A, Oh I. Clinical presentation of group B Streptococcus-infected diabetic foot ulcers. Journal Of Wound Care 2023, 32: s19-s25. PMID: 37405964, DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2023.32.sup7.s19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiabetic foot ulcersFoot ulcersBlack patientsRecurrent infectionsElevated hemoglobin A1cIntra-operative culturesHemoglobin A1c levelsInitial laboratory valuesSoft tissue infectionsDFU infectionsDFU patientsInitial surgeryOrthopaedic FootAggressive treatmentClinical characteristicsGBS infectionA1c levelsHemoglobin A1cTissue infectionsClinical outcomesClinical presentationInfected boneAppropriate treatmentGroup BLaboratory values
2018
Tracking Anti-Staphylococcus aureus Antibodies Produced In Vivo and Ex Vivo during Foot Salvage Therapy for Diabetic Foot Infections Reveals Prognostic Insights and Evidence of Diversified Humoral Immunity
Oh I, Muthukrishnan G, Ninomiya MJ, Brodell JD, Smith BL, Lee CC, Gill SR, Beck CA, Schwarz EM, Daiss JL. Tracking Anti-Staphylococcus aureus Antibodies Produced In Vivo and Ex Vivo during Foot Salvage Therapy for Diabetic Foot Infections Reveals Prognostic Insights and Evidence of Diversified Humoral Immunity. Infection And Immunity 2018, 86: 10.1128/iai.00629-18. PMID: 30275008, PMCID: PMC6246899, DOI: 10.1128/iai.00629-18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiabetic foot infectionsIgG levelsDFI patientsSalvage therapyFoot infectionsCultured peripheral blood mononuclear cellsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsBlood mononuclear cellsSimilar diagnostic potentialAggressive treatmentAntibody titersHumoral immunityMononuclear cellsPrognostic insightsPrognostic potentialCommon pathogensEtiologic agentMultivariate analysisClinical decisionEx vivoMultiplex immunoassayWound samplesInfectionSerumAureus antibody