Hand sepsis in patients with diabetes mellitus

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1454-1458

  Hamed, Mohamed E ^a   Mahmoud, Shadad M ^a,b   Mahadi, Seifeldin I ^a,b   Widatalla, Abubakr H ^a   Shawir, Mohamed A ^a   Ahmed, Mohamed E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; FOOT ULCER; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND FUNCTION; HAND INFECTION; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; SUDAN; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGRENE; HAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUDAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449678899     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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