Prospective exploration of the effect of adiposity and associated microbial factors on healing and progression of diabetic foot ulcers in Tanzania: study protocol of a longitudinal cohort study

BACKGROUND: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are associated with high morbidity and mortality in low-income countries. This coexists with an increasing prevalence of obesity which has been reported to alter antimicrobial susceptibility and potentially affect the outcome of infected foot ulcers. This stud...

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Autores principales: Mashili, Fredirick, Joachim, Agricola, Aboud, Said, Mchembe, Mabulla, Chiwanga, Faraja, Addo, Juliet, Kendall, Lindsay, Ako, Agbor, Abbas, Zulfiqar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Diabetes and Endocrinology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6937068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31848165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031896

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6937068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31848165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031896

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