Clinical-pathological characterization of diabetic foot infections: Grading the severity of osteomyelitis

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-112

  Aragón Sánchez, Javier ^a  

^a La Paloma Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

diabetic foot; diabetic foot infections; foot ulcer; necrotizing soft tissue infection; osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TENOSYNOVITIS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; INFECTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84861979478     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734612447617     Document Type: Article

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