Microbiological Studies of Plantar Ulcers in Leprosy Patients.
- Author:
Seok Don PARK
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Bacteria;
Balantidium;
Colistin;
Culture Media;
Foot Ulcer*;
Fungi;
Humans;
Kanamycin;
Leprosy*;
Lincomycin;
Oxytetracycline;
Penicillins;
Rifampin;
Streptomycin;
Ulcer
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1978;16(5):367-375
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
From the leprosy patients hospitalized at the Korean National Leprosarium on Snrokdo Island, forty-five leprosy patients with plantar ulcers were selected randomly for microbiological studies. A total of 84 strains of bacteria, with the most common being Neieseria sicca (25 strains: 29.8%), 34 strains (40. 5%) were present as a pure growth and 50 strains (59. 5%) were present in ulcers with multiple infection. Antibiotic susceptibility tests indicated that bacterial isolates were rather highly susceptible to gentarnicin and kanamycin, but varying degree of isolates were resistant to 12 antibiotics including streptomycin, rifampicin, lincomycin, penicillin, terramycin and colimycin etc. From a total of 30 plantar ulcers, 17 ulcers produced 24 strains of fungi and 1 strain of Balanticlium coli. They consisted of 17 strains of saprophytic fungi (70. 8%) and 7 strains of yeast-like fungi (29. 2%). Of the culture media for Balantidium coli, Sabourauds glucos medium is the most specific and selective that the author found.
