Nasal MRSA carriage is a risk factor for development of antibiotic resistance in diabetic foot ulcers and is significantly higher than diabetic and non-diabetic individuals without foot ulcer.

BMC Infect Dis · 2023 · PMC10601299 · PMID 37884870

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We have observed a significant trend of increase in nasal (10% < 16% < 40%, P trend-chi = 0.0005) and foot (5% < 20% < 30%, P trend-chi = 0.003) MRSA carriage from healthy to diabetes to DFU individuals.

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