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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...
Autores principales: | Mashili, Fredirick, Joachim, Agricola, Aboud, Said, Mchembe, Mabulla, Chiwanga, Faraja, Addo, Juliet, Kendall, Lindsay, Ako, Agbor, Abbas, Zulfiqar |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2019
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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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