Probe-to-Bone Test for Diagnosing Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis
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- 1 February 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Care
- Vol. 30 (2) , 270-274
- https://doi.org/10.2337/dc06-1572
Abstract
OBJECTIVE—We sought to assess the accuracy of the probe-to-bone (PTB) test in diagnosing foot osteomyelitis in a cohort of diabetic patients with bone culture proven disease.Keywords
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