Rodent bites on the feet of diabetes patients in Tanzania

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 631-633

  Abbas, Z G ^a,b   Lutale, J ^a   Archibald, L K ^c  

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

^b Abbas Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

^c Regeneration Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bite injury; Diabetic foot; Rodent; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BITE; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TANZANIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RATS; TANZANIA;

EID: 17844395237     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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