eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal 0974-6242 2020-03-28 13 1 11 17 10.13005/bpj/1854 30682 article Sahar A. Abd-El Mohsen 1 Department of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, KSA, Zip code 18616 Aim of the study; to determine the diabetic foot ulcer infection rate, bacterial etiology and antibiotic susceptibility. Research design: A cross sectional study design was utilized to fulfill the aim of this study. Setting: The study was conducted in out-patient diabetes clinic at Asyut University Hospital.  Patients: A total of two hundred adult patients (both males and females) having type I or type II diabetes, with a foot ulcer. One tool was used for data collection of this study; structured diabetic patient interview questionnaire sheet with the following parts: Part I: Diabetic Patients demographic characteristics, Part II: Medical profile of the studied patients and Part III: Laboratory tests: Glycosylated Hemoglobin (Hg A1C) and Pus culture and sensitivity results. Results: The present study revealed that 53.5 % of the studied sample was female, 56.5 % were married, 45.5 % were in the age group between 50 to less than 65 years and 39.5 % were illiterate. 56 % of the sample was having type II diabetes, mean duration of diabetes in years was 13.14 ± 7.36, mean body mass index was 26.95 ± 6.75, regarding treatment regimen; 46.5 % were taking insulin, 53 % were in poor glycemic control, 28 % fair and 19 % were in good glycemic control. 51 % of the studied patients their duration of foot ulcer was less than a month, 27 % from 1 – 2 months, 69 % of the studied sample was having a superficial ulcer. 89 % was having a positive pus culture result out of which 23 % was related to pseudomonas aeruginosa, followed by Escherichia coli (20 %), Staphelococcus aureus (19 %) and the least common organism was Citrobacter isolates (2 %). 37 % of the causative organisms were sensitive to Piperacillin tazobactam, 22 % were sensitive to Gentamicin, 16 % to Vancomycin, 13 % to Azithromycin and 12 % were sensitive to Levofloxacin. https://biomedpharmajournal.org/vol13no1/diabetic-foot-ulcer-infection-rate-bacterial-etiology-and-antibiotic-susceptibility-a-cross-sectional-study/ Antibiotic Susceptibility Bacterial Etiology Diabetic Foot Ulcer Prevalence