Swab Samples in Diabetic Foot Infections: Easy to Obtain but Difficult to Interpret

Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2021 Jun;22(5):587. doi: 10.1089/sur.2020.395. Epub 2020 Nov 18.

Authors

Serkan Surme¹, Yusuf Emre Ozdemir², Meryem Sahin Ozdemir³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
² Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bakirkoy Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey.

PMID: 33211629
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2020.395

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MeSH terms

Communicable Diseases*
Diabetes Mellitus*
Diabetic Foot* / diagnosis
Humans
Specimen Handling