Improving the Severity Classification System of Diabetes-Related Foot Infections: Necrosis is a Better Predictor of Amputation Than Systemic Inflammatory Response
Published online on May 19, 2026
Abstract
Foot & Ankle Specialist, Ahead of Print.
Background. The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF)/Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) classification system of diabetes-related foot infection (DFI) severity requires a severe infection to have the systemic inflammatory ...
Background. The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF)/Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) classification system of diabetes-related foot infection (DFI) severity requires a severe infection to have the systemic inflammatory ...