Abstract
This article brings the practicing clinician up to date on the current concepts regarding the medical treatment of diabetic foot infections. Topics include a review of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections and a discussion of newer antibiotics such as linezolid, ertapenem, moxifloxacin, dalbavancin, tigecycline, ceftobiprole and iclaprim.
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
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Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
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Bacterial Infections / etiology
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Diabetic Foot / complications
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Diabetic Foot / drug therapy*
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Diabetic Foot / microbiology
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Humans
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Methicillin Resistance
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Osteomyelitis / complications
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Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
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Osteomyelitis / microbiology
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Practice Guidelines as Topic
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
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Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
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Staphylococcal Infections / etiology
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Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects