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 →
Data Trace, the publisher of the Handbook of Lower Extremity Infections, 3rd Edition, has started a bit of a marketing “blitz” in response to the recent release of the book. I want to take this opportunity to welcome those of …
Read more →Last week I was invited by Bret Ribotsky, DPM to participate in one of his “Meet the Masters” telephone conferences (www.podiatricsuccess.com). We had an interesting conversation covering topics such as my definition of “success”, the Journal of the APMA, and …
Read more →I am pleased to announce that we have just posted a few pages from the Ulceration and Infection section of the newly revised Diabetic Foot Infection chapter of the 3rd Edition of the Handbook. Just go to “Preview the Book” …
Read more →It has been about 2 weeks since my first post about ICAAC which has given me some time to ruminate a bit over the happenings there. I have always enjoyed this meeting because its emphasis on new antibiotic development, an …
Read more →I just wanted to drop in a short post to tell everybody that the 3rd Edition of the Handbook of Lower Extremity Infections has been published and is now shipping. For anyone who ordered the book, if you have not …
Read more →This past week I attended the American Society for Microbiology’s 49th annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) held in San Francisco. ICAAC is the largest conference in the world dealing with infectious diseases and antimicrobial agents. It …
Read more →With the news of the imminent release of the 3rd Edition tentatively scheduled for 9/25 it is time to update the blog. Over the next few days I hope to get a few more posts up covering some recent literature …
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 …
Read more →You may notice that the top menu bar now has a new selection “Preview the Book”. My idea in doing this was to get some important content from the book up on this blog to a) be a “public service” …
Read more →