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| Year : 1998 | Volume
: 16
| Issue : 1 | Page : 35-38 |
Modified transport medium for better recovery of microorganisms from diabetic foot wounds
NA Pathare, GV Talvalkar, DU Antani, A Bal
All Institute of Diabetes, S.L. Raheja Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai 400 016, India
Correspondence Address:
NA Pathare
All Institute of Diabetes, S.L. Raheja Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai 400 016
India
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ABSTRACT: In patients with diabetic foot wounds, there is a possibility of diminished or inadequate recovery of causative microorganisms, due to the lingering effects of local bacteriostatic therapy. We evaluated the role of 0.05 percent lecithin with 0.05 percent tween-80, as quenching agents to prevent the bacteriostatic activity of these compounds, while the specimen was being transported, in our modification of the Stuart's medium. This was found to give a 16.76 percent [p=0.05) higher yield of the causative pathogens, when studied in parallel with the standard Stuart's medium.
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