Update on the treatment of diabetic foot infections
- PMID: 17613382
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2007.03.009
Update on the treatment of diabetic foot infections
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.
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