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. 2013 Sep;101(3):e18-20.
doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.06.010. Epub 2013 Jul 11.

Conservative management of diabetic foot osteomyelitis

S Acharya  1 , M Soliman, A Egun, S M Rajbhandari
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Conservative management of diabetic foot osteomyelitis

S Acharya et al. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2013 Sep.

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.

Keywords: Amputation; Antibiotics; Conservative treatment; Diabetic foot ulcer; Infection; MRSA; Osteomyelitis.

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