Role of bone biopsy and deep tissue culture for antibiotic stewardship in diabetic foot osteomyelitis.

Sara M Hockney Danielle StekerAjay BhasinKaren M KruegerJanna WilliamsShannon Galvin

Published in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2022)

In patients with DFO, deep tissue and bone biopsy cultures were infrequently obtained but resulted in targeted therapy changes in most patients. Culture data usually allowed for narrowing of antibiotics but revealed inadequate empirical coverage in a subset of patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
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chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
ultrasound guided
body composition
fine needle aspiration
big data
artificial intelligence
deep learning