Bacterial characteristics and their antibiotic sensitivity pattern in Sri Lankan diabetic foot ulcers
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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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عنوان ژورنال: Anuradhapura Medical Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2345-9719,2279-3771
DOI: 10.4038/amj.v5i1.5777