Clinical signs of infection in diabetic foot ulcers with high microbial load

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-128

  Gardner, Sue E ^a,b   Hillis, Stephen L ^a   Frantz, Rita A ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diabetic foot ulcers; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; AGED; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 72749097447     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800408326169     Document Type: Article

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