The epidemiology of diabetic limb sepsis: An African perspective

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 895-899

  Abbas, Z G ^c   Gill, G V ^a   Archibald, L K ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Developing countries; Diabetes; Foot infection; Hand infection; Hand sepsis; Limb sepsis; Tropical diabetic hand syndrome

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DENERVATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOT ULCER; HAND INFECTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION RISK; LEPROSY; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SEPSIS;

ADULT; AFRICA; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HAND; HUMANS; HYGIENE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SEPSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036434462     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2002.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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