The etiopathogenesis of the diabetic foot: An unrelenting epidemic

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 127-131

  Gupta, Sanjeev Kumar ^a   Panda, Satyajit ^a   Singh, Surya Kumar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic wounds; Foot ulcers; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOT AMPUTATION; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN ULCER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INDIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77955701310     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734610380029     Document Type: Short Survey

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