Microbiological Concordance in the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Infections with Osteomyelitis, on the Basis of Cultures of Different Specimens at a Diabetic Foot Center in China

Xuemei Li, Qingfeng Cheng, Zhipeng Du, Shenyin Zhu, Chao Cheng

Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity · 2021 · 20 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Soft tissue culture results have more reliable microbiological concordance to identify DFO bacteria than swab culture results and targeted antibiotic therapy for DFO should be based on antimicrobial susceptibility testing in bone tissue specimen cultures.

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