diagnostic

Diagnosis of Osteomyelitis in Diabetic Foot Syndrome

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2011; 13(1):40-45
The risk of the development of diabetic foot syndrome in diabetic patients is more than 25% during the life. Almost half of all cases of diabetic foot syndrome are associated with infections with about 65% of infections involving the bone tissues. At …

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches in Diabetic Foot Infections

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2005; 7(3):235-244
Diabetic foot infections (DFI) are the major cause of non-traumatic amputations of lower extremities. Important predisposing factors for the development of DFI are peripheral neuropathy and diabetic angiopathy. The most common pathogen isolated in …

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Debatable Questions in Terminology, Diagnostics and Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2001; 3(3):198-208
The present literature review is devoted to the one of the actual problems in the intensive care units – to the nosocomial pneumonia that is developing during mechanical ventilation (ventilator-associated pneumonia – VAP) in patients with different …