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Pharmacotherapy of diabetic foot osteomyelitis

I Byren Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Bone Infection Unit, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LD, United Kingdom +44 186 574 1841; +44 186 573 8027; [email protected]
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EJG Peters University Medical Centre, Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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C Hoey University of Washington, VA Puget Sound Health Care Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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A Berendt Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Bone Infection Unit, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LD, United Kingdom +44 186 574 1841; +44 186 573 8027; [email protected]
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BA Lipsky University of Washington, VA Puget Sound Health Care Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Pages 3033-3047 | Published online: 02 Dec 2009

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