Diabetic foot ulcer and poor compliance: How would you treat?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 768-776

  Farnsworth, Jessica ^a   Paulman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CEFALEXIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; DICLOXACILLIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; EDEMA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHOE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WOUND CARE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIABETIC FOOT; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 24644455187     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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