XXXX of the @entity6 foot: two distinct syndromes.

@entity1 @entity1095 @entity6 @entity1066 @entity16 @entity364 @entity375 @entity4760
AIMS: @entity364 of @entity4760 has not been described. We analysed the features of 17 @entity1 with @entity4760 probably infected with fungi. METHODS: Seventeen @entity1 were identified with clinically infected foot @entity1066 , (i) which had failed to heal despite prolonged antibiotic therapy and intensive podiatric care, (ii) from which Candida spp. was isolated or hyphae +/- @entity375 were visualized in material from @entity1066 or surrounding skin. RESULTS: Multiple @entity1066 arising simultaneously were present in 10 @entity1 (59%), preceded by blistering in seven cases. Single @entity1066 with markedly ulcerated margins were present in seven (41%) @entity1 and were preceded by blisters in two. All 17 cases had @entity16 and 15 (88%) had severe @entity1095 . All @entity1066 responded to antifungal therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Candida spp. is associated with two distinctive patterns of protracted @entity1066 in @entity6 which improve following systemic antifungal therapy. Diabet. Med. 18, 567-572 (2001)
