Surgical Management of Diabetic Foot Infections and Osteomyelitis

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 469-482

  Frykberg, Robert G ^a   Wittmayer, Brian ^a   Zgonis, Thomas ^b  

^a CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFDINIR; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; DICLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERTAPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NAFCILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BONE RESECTION; BUNIONECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT CARE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INGROWN NAIL; LEG AMPUTATION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOTOMY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; WOUND CARE;

AMPUTATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; INFECTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34347222519     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2007.04.001     Document Type: Review

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