The use of antibiotics in the diabetic foot

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 187, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages S25-S28

  Edmonds, Mike ^a   Foster, Ali ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; ISCHEMIA; LEG AMPUTATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW;

EID: 2442442156     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(03)00300-3     Document Type: Article

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