Antibiotic choice in diabetic foot infections
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Diabetic foot infections.
Diabetic foot infection, defined as soft tissue or bone infection below the malleoli, is the most common complication of diabetes mellitus leading to hospitalization and the most frequent cause of nontraumatic lower extremity amputation. Diabetic foot infections are diagnosed clinically based on the presence of at least two classic findings of inflammation or purulence. Infections are classifie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Practical Diabetes International
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1357-8170,1528-252X
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1018