I received this question from a reader: In suspected osteomyelitis do you stop antibiotics prior to obtaining a bone culture? For how long? This comment came in under my entry on the VULCAN trial but I actually covered the question …
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Osteomyelitis
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There is a small group of us that, when we find an interesting article dealing with infections, we pass them on so we can all be stay up to date. Some of the journals are fairly obscure and are not …
Read more →I will be in Columbus, OH for the Region IV (Ohio) meeting to lecture on June 3, 2010. I have been given the “Learning Lunch” spot from 12:00 to 1:30 and plan on covering a broad range of lower extremity …
Read more →On Barry Block’s daily PM News (www.podiatrym.com) the other day a colleague presented a case of a neuropathic patient with no wounds presenting with what he felt was osteomyelitis of the 2nd and 3rd metatarsals. Although I did not feel …
Read more →One of the ideas behind creating this blog was to be able to keep readers apprised of any new, interesting papers published in the infectious diseases and microbiology literature I follow on a regular basis. For background I will tell …
Read more →If I were to ask any reader of this blog the proper technique for harvesting a bone culture I am fairly certain that the common response would be that it must be a) not taken through the ulcer or sinus …
Read more →It has been difficult to get any new posts up on the blog lately with an incredibly busy travel/lecture schedule. In the past 2-3 weeks I have been in Toronto for the very successful APMA National, Indianapolis for the Drum …
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