Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 138-141 , May 2005

Bacteriological study of diabetic foot infections

  • Adel Abdulrazak

      Affiliations

    • Dermatology Department, Adan Teaching Hospital, Ministry of Health in Kuwait, Kuwait
    • ,
  • Zouheir Ibrahim Bitar

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department, Adan Teaching Hospital, Ministry of Health in Kuwait, Kuwait
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. P.O. Box 46468, Fahahil 64015, Kuwait. Tel.: +965 604 3300
    • ,
  • Abdullah Ayesh Al-Shamali

      Affiliations

    • Microbiology Laboratory, Adan Hospital, Ministry of Health in Kuwait, Kuwait
    • ,
  • Lubna Ahmed Mobasher

      Affiliations

    • Microbiology Laboratory, Adan Hospital, Ministry of Health in Kuwait, Kuwait

Received 2 July 2003 ,Revised 5 June 2004 ,Accepted 16 June 2004.

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PII: S1056-8727(04)00073-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2004.06.001

Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 138-141 , May 2005

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