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One step closer to understanding the role of bacteria in diabetic foot ulcers: characterising the microbiome of ulcers
22 Mar 2016
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BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to characterise the microbiome of new and recurrent diabetic foot ulcers using 16S amplicon sequencing (16S AS), allowing the identification of a wider range of bacterial species that may be important in the development of chronicity in these debilitating wounds. Twenty patients not receiving antibiotics for the past three months were selected, with swabs taken from each...
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