Wound fluid lactate concentration: A helpful marker for diagnosing soft-tissue infection in diabetic foot ulcers? Preliminary findings

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-178

  Loffler M ^a,b   Zieker, D ^a   Weinreich, J ^a   Lob S ^a   Konigsrainer I ^a   Symons, S ^c   Buhler S ^b   Konigsrainer A ^a   Northoff, H ^b   Beckert, S ^a  

^a Visceral and Transplantation Surgery   (Germany)

^b Institute of Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Diabetic foot ulcer; Lactate; Soft tissue infection; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; ULCER HEALING; WOUND FLUID; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78651088646     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03123.x     Document Type: Article

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