Prevalence and microbiological characteristics of clinically infected foot-ulcers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a retrospective exploratory study

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of foot ulcers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been reported at almost 10 %. These foot ulcers often occur at multiple sites and are reoccurring, with the potential risk of infection increased due to RA diagnosis and disease modifying medications. The object...

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Autores principales: Fitzgerald, Pauline, Siddle, Heidi J., Backhouse, Michael R., Nelson, E. Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26279683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13047-015-0099-0

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