TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Diabetic gangrene in multiple fingers and toes after a dog bite in an elderly patient with type 2 diabetes
JO  - Internal medicine
A1  - Oya, Junko
A1  - Hanai, Ko
A1  - Miura, Junnosuke
A1  - Maruyama, Satoko
A1  - Ishii, Akiko
A1  - Syono, Kazu
A1  - Shinjo, Takamichi
A1  - Iwamoto, Yasuhiko
SP  - 1303
EP  - 1307
VL  - 50
IS  - 12
N2  - A 78-year-old diabetic woman experienced multiple sites of gangrene not only in fingers that were directly bitten by a dog but also in fingers and toes that had not beenbitten. Her glycemic control was fair and microvascular complications were mild. There were no clinical findings related to angitis, collagenosis or severe infection. The fingers and toes with gangrene were amputated. The pathological diagnosis was diabetic gangrene. This report presents a case of multiple sites of gangrene of the fingers and toes after a dog bite in an elderly patient with type 2 diabetes.<p />  <p>Keywords: Animal Bites; Dog Bites<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0918-2918
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -