Aerobic bacteria associated with diabetic foot ulcers and their susceptibility pattern
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Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Their Recurrence.
Complications of diabetes that affect the lower extremities are common, complex, and costly. Foot ulceration is the most frequently recognized complication. In a community-based study in the northwestern United Kingdom, the prevalence of active foot ulcers identified at screening among persons with diabetes was 1.7%, and the annual incidence was 2.2%.1 Higher annual incidence rates have been re...
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From the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine (A.J.M.B., L.V.), and the Departments of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery (R.S.K.), Epidemiology and Public Health (R.S.K.), and Psychology (L.V.), University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami; the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami (R.S.K.); and the Department of Academic Medicine, Manchester Royal Infir...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Dermatology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2398-8460
DOI: 10.1186/s41702-019-0039-x