Objective: To determine the correlation between superficial, and intra-operative specimens in diabetic foot infections (DFIs).Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in patients with DFIs hospitalized in a Tunisian teaching hospital. Superficial specimens were collected for all patients, and intra-operative specimens were collected in operated patients. The specimens were processed using standard microbiology techniques. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was carried out according to the protocol established by the European Committee on Anti-microbial Susceptibility Testing. Intra-operative and superficial specimens were considered correlated if they isolated the same microorganism(s), or if they were both negative.Results: One hundred twelve patients, 81 males and 31 females, mean age 56 years, were included. Superficial samples were positive in 77% of cases, and isolated 126 microorganisms. Among the positive samples, 71% were monomicrobial. The most frequently isolated microorganisms were Enterobacteriaceae (53%), followed by streptococci (21%) and Staphylococcus aureus (17%). Nine microorganisms (7%) were multi-drug resistant. Intra-operative samples were positive in 93% of cases. Superficial specimens were correlated to intra-operative specimens in 67% of cases. Initial antibiotic therapy was appropriate in 70% of cases. The lower-extremity amputation and the mortality rates were 41% and 1%, respectively.Conclusion: In our study, DFIs were most frequently caused by Enterobacteriaceae and superficial specimens were correlated to intra-operative specimens in only two thirds of cases. Clinicians should emphasize on the systematic practice of intraoperative specimens in all patients with DFIs treated surgically, while well-performed superficial specimens could be useful for prescribing appropriate antibiotic therapy in other patients.Keywords: Diabetic foot infections, superficial specimens, intra-operative specimens.
La lymphangioléiomyomatose pulmonaire est une pathologie rare de la femme jeune, caractérisée par une prolifération de cellules musculaires lisses immatures, aboutissant à la destruction kystique des poumons avec possibilité d’évolution vers l'insuffisance respiratoire chronique. La découverte est souvent fortuite lors de la prise en charge d'une autre pathologie pulmonaire. Son association à une sclérose en plaque n'a jamais été rapportée, de même que l'embolie pulmonaire in situ comme manifestation inaugurale. Nous rapportons l'observation d'une patiente âgée de 39 ans, suivie pour sclérose en plaque depuis 20 ans, chez qui le diagnostic d'une lymphangioléiomyomatose pulmonaire a été posé, à l'occasion d'une broncho-pneumopathie bilatérale avec une embolie pulmonaire associée motivant la réalisation d'un angioscanner thoracique.
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