Microbiological and clinical characteristics of diabetic foot infections in northern India

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-332

  Tiwari, Shalbha ^a   Pratyush, Daliparthy D ^a   Dwivedi, Awanindra ^a   Gupta, Sanjiv K ^a   Rai, Madhukar ^a   Singh, Surya K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic sensitivity; Diabetic foot; Infection; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIABETIC FOOT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 84859995897     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1827     Document Type: Article

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