Empirical Antibiotic usage has no effect on healing of diabetic foot infections: Study
Poland: Empiric antibiotic therapy use before targeted therapy and topical gentamycin use does not reduce healing time in patients with diabetic foot infection (DFI), finds a recent study. Further, the researchers found obese patients to have a longer healing time of DFI than nonobese patients.
The findings of the study are published in the Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery.
Karolina Kruszewska, Department of Clinical Nursing, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, and colleagues aimed to analyze bacterial flora in diabetic foot infection, empiric and targeted antibiotic therapy, and factors influencing wound healing duration.
For the purpose, the researchers undertook a review analysis of data in 118 cases of diabetic foot among 98 patients. Data on sociodemographic data, wounds information, used treatment, results of the microbiological examination, and empiric and targeted antibiotic therapy were collected.
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