| Literature DB >> 23850116 |
S Acharya1, M Soliman, A Egun, S M Rajbhandari.
Abstract
In this retrospective study, 130 patients with diabetic foot osteomyelitis were analysed. 66.9% of these healed with antibiotic treatment alone and 13.9% needed amputation, of which 1.5% were major. Presence of MRSA was associated with adverse outcome (53.3% vs 21.1%, p=0.04) which was defined as death, amputation and failure to heal.Entities:
Keywords: Amputation; Antibiotics; Conservative treatment; Diabetic foot ulcer; Infection; MRSA; Osteomyelitis
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23850116 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.06.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diabetes Res Clin Pract ISSN: 0168-8227 Impact factor: 5.602