@article{12250,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Child, Escherichia coli, Female, Foot Diseases, Humans, leprosy, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Middle Aged, Osteomyelitis, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Ulcer},
  author = {Palande D D and Severy C and Rajagopalan M S},
  title = {Plantar ulcers with osteomyelitis underneath. A bacteriological study.},
  abstract = {<p>39 consecutive cases of plantar ulcers with underlying chronic osteomyelitis admitted in the Sacred Heart Hospital during 1975/1976 were studied for the infecting organisms and their sensitivity to easily available antibiotics. Single organism was iasolated in only 10 cases, the infection in the rest being a mixed one. The commonest organisms were Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Proteus mirabilis. In a few cases Pseudomonas and E-Coli were also isolated. Chloramphenicol was the most effective antibiotic in general and Streptomycin the least. 70% of the staphylococcus strains isolated were found to be resistant to Penicillin. Empirical use of antibiotics especially Penicillin and Streptomycin is hence deprecated.</p>},
  year = {1977},
  journal = {Leprosy in India},
  volume = {49},
  pages = {322-9},
  month = {1977 Jul},
  issn = {0024-1024},
  language = {eng},
}