Clinical outcomes of wide postsurgical lesions in the infected diabetic foot managed with 2 different local treatment regimes compared using a quasi-experimental study design: A preliminary communication

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-27

  Goretti, Chiara ^a   Mazzurco, Sabrina ^a   Nobili, Laura Ambrosini ^a   Macchiarini, Silvia ^a   Tedeschi, Anna ^a   Palumbo, Francesca ^a   Scatena, Alessia ^a   Rizzo, Loredana ^a   Piaggesi, Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Antiseptics; Diabetic foot ulcers; Povidone iodine; Superoxidized solution

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DERMACYN; DISINFECTANT AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVIDONE-IODINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33846999282     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734606298543     Document Type: Article

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