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The bacteriology of diabetic foot ulcers and infections and incidence of Staphylococcus aureus Small Colony Variants
16 Jun 2023
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Introduction. Uninfected diabetes-related foot ulcer (DFU) progression to diabetes-related foot infection (DFI) is a prevalent complication for patients with diabetes. DFI often progresses to osteomyelitis (DFI-OM). Active (growing) Staphylococcus aureus is the most common pathogen in these infections. There is relapse in 40–60 % of cases even when the initial treatment at the DFI stage apparently clears...
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