Larval therapy: A novel treatment in eliminating methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from diabetic foot ulcers

Diabetes Care

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 370-371

  Bowling, Frank L ^a   Salgami, Eleanna V ^a   Boulton, Andrew J M ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGGOT THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMIDES; AGED; ANIMALS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; LARVA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OXAZOLIDINONES; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 33846671131     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-2348     Document Type: Article

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