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A multicenter randomized placebo controlled trial of rifampin to reduce pedal amputations for osteomyelitis in veterans with diabetes (VA INTREPID)

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus continues to inexorably rise in the United States and throughout the world. Lower limb amputations are a devastating comorbid complication of diabetes mellitus. Osteomyelitis increases the risk of amputation fourfold and commonly presages death. Antimi...

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Autores principales: Bessesen, Mary T., Doros, Gheorghe, Henrie, Adam M., Harrington, Kelly M., Hermos, John A., Bonomo, Robert A., Ferguson, Ryan E., Huang, Grant D., Brown, Sheldon T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6950878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31914940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4751-3