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 LiQingfeng ChengZhipeng DuShenyin ZhuChao ChengPublished in: Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy (2021)
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.