@article{745021c15fb54e61a735051c95d861f0,
title = "Validation of the Infectious Diseases Society of America's diabetic foot infection classification system",
abstract = "In this longitudinal study of 1666 persons with diabetes, there was an observed trend toward an increased risk for amputation (chi(2) test for trend, 108.0; P<.001), higher-level amputation (chi(2) test for trend, 113.3; P<.001), and lower extremity-related hospitalization (chi(2) test for trend, 118.6; P<.001) with increasing infection severity. The Infectious Diseases Society of America's foot infection classification system may be a useful tool for grading foot infections.",
keywords = "Age Distribution, Aged, Amputation/statistics & numerical data, Bacterial Infections/classification, Communicable Diseases, Diabetic Foot/classification, Female, Humans, Incidence, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Probability, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Sensitivity and Specificity, Sex Distribution, Societies, Medical, Wound Infection/microbiology",
author = "Lavery, {Lawrence A} and Armstrong, {David G} and Murdoch, {Douglas P} and Peters, {Edgar J G} and Lipsky, {Benjamin A}",
year = "2007",
month = feb,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1086/511036",
language = "English",
volume = "44",
pages = "562--5",
journal = "Clinical Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1058-4838",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "4",
}