CUTANEOUS CARBOHYDRATE STUDIES .4. SKIN GLUCOSE CONTENT OF FASTING DIABETICS WITH AND WITHOUT INFECTION

[摘要] Enzymatic analyses of the skin and blood glucose content of fasting diabetic patients without signs of any infection show that: the fasting skin glucose level reflects the blood glucose level which in turn depends upon diabetic control; the ratio skin to blood glucose is slightly higher in diabetics taking insulin (71%) than in diabetics controlled with tolbutamide or diet alone (69%) and both are statistically higher than in normal persons (55%) (P < 0.01). Comparison of diabetics with cutaneous infection and diabetics without cutaneous infection show that: the presence of cutaneous infection in diabetics does not consistently correlate with higher ratios of skin to blood glucose as measured by the technics used in this study; in cretain instances the skin glucose may equal the blood glucose concentration (i.e. skin: mg/100 gm (w.w)/blood: mg/100 cc (vol.).