CODIFI (Concordance in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Infection): a cross-sectional study of wound swab versus tissue sampling in infected diabetic foot ulcers in England

Andrea Nelson,Alexandra Wright-Hughes,Benjamin A Lipsky,Moninder S Bhogal,Catherine Reynolds,Sarah Brown,Michael Ross Backhouse,Jane Nixon

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019437

CODIFI (Concordance in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Infection): a cross-sectional study of wound swab versus tissue sampling in infected diabetic foot ulcers in England

Andrea Nelson, Alexandra Wright-Hughes + Show 6 more

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019437

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Journal: BMJ Open	Publication Date: Jan 1, 2018
Citations: 51	License type: open-access

Affiliation: University of Leeds, University of Oxford, NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit

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ObjectiveTo determine the extent of agreement and patterns of disagreement between wound swab and tissue samples in patients with an infected diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).DesignMulticentre, prospective, cross-sectional study.SettingPrimary and secondary...

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