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Culture of Percutaneous Bone Biopsy Specimens For Diagnosis of Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis: Concordance With Ulcer Swab Cultures

Éric Senneville, Hugues Melliez, E. Beltrand, L. Legout, M. Valette, Marie Cazaubie, M.-O. Cordonnier, M. Caillaux, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Y Mouton

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2005 · 315 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

These results suggest that superficial swab cultures do not reliably identify bone bacteria. Percutaneous bone biopsy seems to be safe for patients with diabetic foot osteomyelitis.

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