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Diabetes Care 29:1176 2006
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-0178
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Letters: Observations

The Biogun

A novel way of eradicating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in diabetic foot ulcers

Cuong Nguyen Dang, MCRP1, Ramzana Anwar, DPODM2, Gwen Thomas, DPODM2, Yemparala D.M. Prasad, MRCP1, Andrew J.M. Boulton, MD1 and Rayaz A. Malik, MD, PHD1

1 University Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, U.K
2 Department of Podiatry, Manchester Foot Hospital, Manchester, U.K

Address correspondence to Dr. C.N. Dang, c/o Professor A.J.M. Boulton, University Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, U.K. E-mail: cndang@yahoo.com

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an ever-increasing problem facing the health service in the U.K. There is a need to develop new methods of combating MRSA. In the Manchester diabetic foot clinic, the prevalence of MRSA is ~40% of staphylococcal cultures. MRSA has been demonstrated to double the foot ulcer healing time (1). While the pathogenetic relevance of MRSA colonization remains debatable, MRSA even in clinically noninfected ulcers may take >6 months to disappear (2). The Dentron Biogun has been shown to ionize molecular . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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The biogun: a novel way of eradicating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in diabetic foot ulcers: response to dang et Al.
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The Biogun: A Novel Way of Eradicating Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Colonization in Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Response to Lipsky
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