Molecular and culture-based assessment of the microbial diversity of diabetic chronic foot wounds and contralateral skin sites

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2263-2271

  Oates, Angela ^a   Bowling, Frank L ^b   Boulton, Andrew J M ^b   McBaina, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEBRIDEMENT; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; EUBACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIABETIC FOOT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGI; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN;

EID: 84862736689     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06599-11     Document Type: Article

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