Managing diabetic foot infections: A review of the new guidelines

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-16

  Gariani, K ^a   Uckay I ^b   Lipsky, B A ^b,c,d  

^a Divison of General Internal Medicine   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84896506892     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2014.11680970     Document Type: Review

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