Skin and soft tissue infections in hospitalised patients with diabetes: culture isolates and risk factors associated with mortality, length of stay and cost.

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Published in Diabetologia on February 10, 2010

Authors

B A Lipsky1, Y P Tabak, R S Johannes, L Vo, L Hyde, J A Weigelt

Author Affiliations

1: VA Puget Sound Health Care System, General Internal Medicine (S-111-PCC), University of Washington, 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, USA. balipsky@uw.edu

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