Management of osteomyelitis of the foot in diabetes mellitus

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-47

  Game, Fran ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BONE BIOPSY; BONE NECROSIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONSENSUS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 73949144602     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2009.243     Document Type: Review

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