Acute kidney injury associated with foot osteomyelitis.

Clin Med (Lond)

Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Michael E. Debakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine / Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA.

Published: July 2017

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