Spectrum of microbial flora in diabetic foot ulcers

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-208

  Bansal, Ekta ^a   Garg, Ashish ^a,b   Bhatia, Sanjeev ^a   Attri, A ^a   Chander, Jagdish ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b House No 153   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot infections; Microbial spectrum; Wagner grades

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; SULPERAZON;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGGIT WAGNER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; MICROFLORA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIABETIC FOOT; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 46949099328     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.41685     Document Type: Article

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