Infections in the diabetic foot

British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 132-136

  Munro, Neil ^a   Rich, Nicole ^a   McIntosh, Colin ^a   Foster, Ali V M ^b   Edmonds, Michael E ^b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CEFADROXIL; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOPIDOGREL; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUSIDATE SODIUM; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANGIOPLASTY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SMOKING CESSATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VASCULAR DISEASE; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0041385782     PISSN: 14746514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14746514030030020901     Document Type: Article

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