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01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract
CODIFI (Concordance in Diabetic Foot Infection): Agreement in reported presence of likely pathogens in swabs and tissue samples from infected diabetic foot ulcers
Auteurs:
Michael Backhouse, Andrea Nelson, Alexandra Wright-Hughes, Moninder Bhogal, Sarah Brown, Catherine Reynolds, Benjamin Lipsky, Christopher Dowson, Jane Nixon, The Codifi Study Group
Gepubliceerd in:
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
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bijlage 1/2015
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Excerpt
Wound infection is common in diabetic foot ulcers with potentially life changing sequelae. Targeted treatment of infective organisms requires accurate identification of pathogens to enable refinement of antibiotic protocols to improve outcomes and reduce antibiotic resistance. Wound sampling is routinely conducted using swabs although some guidelines recommend use of tissue samples. To date there is a lack of robust evidence to inform clinical practice regarding sampling technique. …