title: Current therapies for diabetic foot infections and osteomyelitis.
abstract: Treatment of the patient with a diabetic foot infection and underlying osteomyelitis is currently an evolving process, often complicated by neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, and renal insufficiency. Understanding which patients require hospitalization, intravenous antibiotic therapy, and urgent operative intervention may ultimately prevent the spread of infection or major limb amputation. The treating surgeon should focus on accurate and early diagnosis, proper antibiosis, and appropriate surgical debridement to eradicate infection while preserving function with a plantar-grade foot.
authors.affiliation: The Permanente Medical Group, Department of Orthopaedics, Modesto/Stockton, California, USA.
authors.forename: Bryan A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Sagray
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Steinberg
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Abscess; Diabetic foot; Infection; Ischemia; Osteomyelitis