Microbiology of Diabetic Foot Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil

• Main Authors: Amanda Thurler Palomo (Author), Ana Paula Maia Pires (Author), Marcelo Fernando Matielo (Author), Rafael de Athayde Soares (Author), Christiano Pecego (Author), Roberto Sacilotto (Author), Alexandre Inacio de Paula (Author), Nair Hosino (Author), Cristiano de Melo Gamba (Author), Cibele Lefreve Fonseca (Author), Daniela K. S. Paraskevopoulos (Author), Augusto Yamaguti (Author), João Silva de Mendonça (Author), Silvia Figueiredo Costa (Author), Thaís Guimarães (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) are one of the causes of hospitalization in diabetic patients and, when this occurs, empirical antibiotic therapy is necessary. We have conducted a retrospective study of patients with DFI that required hospitalization to evaluate microbiologic profile and the suscept...