Community intravenous therapy program and a treatment plan for foot infections in persons with diabetes: A clinical perspective

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. A, 2000, Pages

  Embil, John M ^a,b,d   Choudhri, Shurjeel H ^a   Germaine, Glenna ^c   Imlah, Theresa ^c   Duerksen, Frank ^a,b   Darcel, Marie ^b   Fong, Hank ^a,b   Koulack, Joshua ^a,b   Gin, Alfred ^b   Stern, Sheryl ^a   Simonsen, J Neil ^a,b   Harding, Godfrey K M ^a   Nicolle, Lindsay E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Community Intravenous Therapy Program ^*  (Canada)

^d Health Action Centre   (Canada)

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EID: 26144468934     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2000/950925     Document Type: Review

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