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1Department of Dermatology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Pinnell Center for Investigative Dermatology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Center for Host Microbiome Interactions, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Duke Microbiome Center, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Cell Host & Microbe
|May 10, 2019
Abstract:
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a leading cause of high morbidity among diabetic patients. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Kalan et al. (2019) examine the microbial bio-burden of DFUs and reveal biofilm and virulence pathways in the microbial metagenome that are linked to clinical healing outcomes.