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We aimed to investigate the microbial spectrum and antimicrobial resistance patterns isolated from diabetic foot infections in Turkey and help clinicians to choose optimal antibiotics empirically. Materials and Methods: This study was planned as a retrospective, single-center, cross-sectional study. Two hundred sixty-two patients whose causative microorganism was isolated in culture of tissue between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2022 were included in this study. Bacterial profile and antimicrobial resistance patterns were analyzed. Results: Four hundred thirty two isolates from 262 patients isolated in culture of tissue were evaluated. Of these microorganisms, 57.60% were Gram-negative, 41.20% were Gram-positive bacteria, and 1.2% were Candida spp. The most frequently detected Gram-positive microorganism was Staphylococcus spp. Gram-negative microorganisms were Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). Polymicrobial infections were observed in 40.5% of the patients. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp. rate was 51.3%, while extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) resistance for E. coli was 66.7%. Conclusions: Due to increasing antibiotic resistance rates, treatment of common infections becomes more difficult. Knowledge of the microbiological profile and antibiotic resistance patterns of patients with DFIs is useful to guide empirical therapy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/antibiotics13070599","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,27]],"date-time":"2024-06-27T04:19:26Z","timestamp":1719461966000},"page":"599","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Bacterial Profile and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Diabetic Foot Infections in a Major Research Hospital of Turkey"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9884-9859","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Belgin","family":"Co\u015fkun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, 06700 Ankara, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"M\u00fcge","family":"Ayhan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, 06700 Ankara, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Serap","family":"Ulusoy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, 06700 Ankara, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rahmet","family":"Guner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, 06700 Ankara, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e3687","DOI":"10.1002\/dmrr.3687","article-title":"IWGDF\/IDSA guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes-related foot infections (IWGDF\/IDSA 2023)","volume":"40","author":"Senneville","year":"2024","journal-title":"Diabetes\/Metab. 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