Diabetic foot ulcer - A review on pathophysiology, classification and microbial etiology

Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 192-199

  Noor, Saba ^a   Zubair, Mohammad ^a   Ahmad, Jamal ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conventional and molecular approaches; Diabetic foot infections

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRODSKY DEPTH ISCHEMIC CLASSIFICATION; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP CLASSIFICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ULCER HEALING; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CLASSIFICATION; WAGNER MEGGIT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; WOUND ASSESSMENT; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

BACTERIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84937517771     PISSN: 18714021     EISSN: 18780334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2015.04.007     Document Type: Review

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