title: [Microbiocenosis of lower extremities skin of healthy people and patients with diabetes mellitus].
abstract: A comparative study of the foot skin microbiocenosis of 50 healthy persons and 29 patients with diabetes mellitus and diabetic foot syndrome have been carried out. It has been revealed that various topodemes had unequal degree of aerobic microorganisms colonization. Different species of staphylococci are dominating taxons in skin. The gradient of bacterial populations density in healthy and sick persons grows in a direction: back of the foot--sole--interdigital space. Modification of skin microbiocenosis in patients with diabetes mellitus has been shown. The colonization degree by different species of bacteria decreased; the bacilli part enhanced and the corynebacteria part decreased in the biocenosis composition.
authors.affiliation: Ternopil State Medical Academy, Department of Microbiology, 1 Voli Sq., Ternopil, 46001, Ukraine.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Klymniuk
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Boĭchak
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Herasymiv
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000332:Aerobiosis; D001407:Bacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000382:microbiology*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification