Bacteriologic study of diabetic foot ulcer

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 681-684

  Alavi, Seyed Mohammad ^a,b   Khosravi, Azar D ^b   Sarami, Abdulah ^a   Dashtebozorg, Ahmad ^b   Montazeri, Effat Abasi ^a  

^a Razi Hospital   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacteriology; Diabetic foot; Infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CITROBACTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIABETIC FOOT; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INOCULATION; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORGANELLA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUNCH BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; YEAST;

EID: 36949010152     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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