Outcome of diabetic foot infections treated conservatively: A retrospective cohort study with long-term follow-up

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 851-856

  Pittet, Didier ^a   Wyssa, Blaise ^a   Herter Clavel, Catherine ^a   Kursteiner, Karin ^a   Vaucher, Jean ^a   Lew, P Daniel ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOT AMPUTATION; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033606124     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.8.851     Document Type: Article

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