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Infected foot ulcers in male and female diabetic patients: a clinico-bioinformative study
1 Jan 2010
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BACKGROUND: The study aimed at (i) characterizing the mode of transmission of bla(CTX-M) and bla(TEM-1) among extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from infected diabetic foot ulcers, and (ii) identifying the risk factors for "sex-associated multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacterial (MDRGNB)-infection status" of the ulcers. METHODS: Seventy-seven diabetic patients...
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