A Clinico-microbiological Study of Diabetic Foot Ulcers in an Indian Tertiary Care Hospital
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- 1 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Care
- Vol. 29 (8) , 1727-1732
Abstract
OBJECTIVE—To determine the microbiological profile and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of organisms isolated from diabetic foot ulcers. Also, to assess potential risk factors for infection of ulcers with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) and the outcome of these infections.Keywords
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