Anti-infective therapy for foot ulcers in patients with diabetes

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 439, Issue , 2005, Pages 87-90

  Rao, Nalini ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFADROXIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DICLOXACILLIN; ERTAPENEM; GLUCOSE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELLULITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOT ULCER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMAGING SYSTEM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOE; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIABETIC FOOT; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS;

EID: 26244451603     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000181497.42117.fa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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