Stopping antibiotics after surgical amputation in diabetic foot and ankle infections-A daily practice cohort

Rossel, Anne; Lebowitz, Dan; Gariani, Karim; Abbas, Mohamed; Kressmann, Benjamin; Assal, Mathieu; Tscholl, Philippe; Stafylakis, Dimitrios; Uçkay, Ilker

doi:10.1002/edm2.59

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Stopping antibiotics after surgical amputation in diabetic foot and ankle infections-A daily practice cohort

ContributorsRossel, Anne; Lebowitz, Dan; Gariani, Karim; Abbas, Mohamed; Kressmann, Benjamin; Assal, Mathieu; Tscholl, Philippe; Stafylakis, Dimitrios; Uçkay, Ilker

Published inEndocrinology, diabetes & metabolism, vol. 2, no. 2, e00059

Publication date2019

Abstract

The appropriate duration of antibiotic therapy for diabetic foot infections (DFI) after surgical amputations in toto is debated. There are discrepancies worldwide.

Keywords

Antibiotic duration
Diabetic foot infections
Failure
Osteomyelitis
Post‐amputation

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research group

Laboratoire de recherche NAFLD et résistance à l'insuline (997)

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ROSSEL, Anne et al. Stopping antibiotics after surgical amputation in diabetic foot and ankle infections-A daily practice cohort. In: Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism, 2019, vol. 2, n° 2, p. e00059. doi: 10.1002/edm2.59

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PID : unige:143071
DOI : 10.1002/edm2.59
PMID : 31008367

Commercial URLhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6458464/

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Stopping antibiotics after surgical amputation in diabetic foot and ankle infections-A daily practice cohort

The appropriate duration of antibiotic therapy for diabetic foot infections (DFI) after surgical amputations in toto is debated. There are discrepancies worldwide.

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