Diabetic foot infection

American Family Physician

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Bader, Mazen S ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERTAPENEM; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NAFCILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFECTION RISK; LOADING DRUG DOSE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; INFECTION;

DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; INFECTION;

EID: 49849089277     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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