Gas gangrene and osteomyelitis of the foot in a diabetic patient treated with tea tree oil

Diabetic foot wounds represent a class of chronic non-healing wounds that can lead to the development of soft tissue infections and osteomyelitis. We reviewed the case of a 44-year-old female with a diabetic foot wound who developed gas gangrene while treating her wound with tea tree oil, a naturall...

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Autores principales: Cooney, Derek R, Cooney, Norma L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3084168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21559069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-4-14
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description Diabetic foot wounds represent a class of chronic non-healing wounds that can lead to the development of soft tissue infections and osteomyelitis. We reviewed the case of a 44-year-old female with a diabetic foot wound who developed gas gangrene while treating her wound with tea tree oil, a naturally derived antibiotic agent. This case report includes images that represent clinical examination and x-ray findings of a patient who required broad-spectrum antibiotics and emergent surgical consultation. Emergency Department (ED) detection of these complications may prevent loss of life or limb in these patients.
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spelling pubmed-30841682011-05-10 Gas gangrene and osteomyelitis of the foot in a diabetic patient treated with tea tree oil Cooney, Derek R Cooney, Norma L Int J Emerg Med Case Report Diabetic foot wounds represent a class of chronic non-healing wounds that can lead to the development of soft tissue infections and osteomyelitis. We reviewed the case of a 44-year-old female with a diabetic foot wound who developed gas gangrene while treating her wound with tea tree oil, a naturally derived antibiotic agent. This case report includes images that represent clinical examination and x-ray findings of a patient who required broad-spectrum antibiotics and emergent surgical consultation. Emergency Department (ED) detection of these complications may prevent loss of life or limb in these patients. Springer 2011-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3084168/ /pubmed/21559069 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-4-14 Text en Copyright ©2011 Cooney and Cooney; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Gas gangrene and osteomyelitis of the foot in a diabetic patient treated with tea tree oil
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title_short Gas gangrene and osteomyelitis of the foot in a diabetic patient treated with tea tree oil
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3084168/
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