In diabetic foot infections antibiotics are to treat infection, not to heal wounds

Application of gentamicin-collagen sponge shortened wound healing time after minor amputations in diabetic patients – a prospective, randomised trial

(2014) Martin Varga et al.   Archives of Medical Science

Antibiofilm and Antimicrobial Efficacy of DispersinB®-KSL-W Peptide-Based Wound Gel Against Chronic Wound Infection Associated Bacteria

(2014) Purushottam V. Gawande et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Treating Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis Primarily With Surgery or Antibiotics: Have We Answered the Question?

(2014) Benjamin A. Lipsky   DIABETES CARE

Six-Week Versus Twelve-Week Antibiotic Therapy for Nonsurgically Treated Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis: A Multicenter Open-Label Controlled Randomized Study

(2014) Alina Tone et al.   DIABETES CARE

Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus causing musculoskeletal infections

(2014) Virginia Post et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

An Open-label, Three-arm Pilot Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Topical Microcyn Rx Wound Care versus Oral Levofloxacin versus Combined Therapy for Mild Diabetic Foot Infections

(2014) Adam Landsman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Topical Application of a Gentamicin-Collagen Sponge Combined with Systemic Antibiotic Therapy for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections of Moderate Severity

(2014) Benjamin A. Lipsky et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Oral Antibiotic Treatment Induces Skin Microbiota Dysbiosis and Influences Wound Healing

(2014) Meiling Zhang et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Effect of Daptomycin on Local Interleukin-6, Matrix Metalloproteinase-9, and Metallopeptidase Inhibitor 1 in Patients With MRSA-Infected Diabetic Foot

(2014) Andreas Ambrosch et al.   International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Do Diabetic Foot Infections With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Differ From Those With Other Pathogens?

(2014) Besa Zenelaj et al.   International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Point prevalence of wounds and cost impact in the acute and community setting in Denmark

(2014) F. Gottrup et al.   Journal of Wound Care

Antibiotic Misuse

(2014) Michael Bell   JAMA Internal Medicine

Photodynamic topical antimicrobial therapy for infected foot ulcers in patients with diabetes: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study—the D.A.N.T.E (Diabetic ulcer Antimicrobial New Topical treatment Evaluation) study

(2013) Edoardo Mannucci et al.   ACTA DIABETOLOGICA

Moxifloxacin in Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections (cSSSIs): A Prospective, International, Non-Interventional, Observational Study

(2013) Johannes R. Bogner et al.   ADVANCES IN THERAPY

Addressing Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in an Academic Family Medicine Practice

(2013) Michael L. Grover et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY

Mini-review: Lactoferrin: a bioinspired, anti-biofilm therapeutic

(2013) M.C. Ammons et al.   BIOFOULING

Antibiotics Versus Conservative Surgery for Treating Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis: A Randomized Comparative Trial

(2013) José Luis Lázaro-Martínez et al.   DIABETES CARE

Diabetic foot infections: state-of-the-art

(2013) I. Uçkay et al.   DIABETES OBESITY & METABOLISM

Conservative management of diabetic foot osteomyelitis

(2013) S. Acharya et al.   DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE

Phase 3 study comparing tigecycline and ertapenem in patients with diabetic foot infections with and without osteomyelitis

(2013) Laszlo Lauf et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Prevention of surgical site infections in orthopaedic surgery and bone trauma: state-of-the-art update

(2013) I. Uçkay et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Evolution of a Diabetic Foot Infection

(2013) Mickaël Tobalem et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Wound healing potential of topical bacteriophage therapy on diabetic cutaneous wounds

(2013) João J. Mendes et al.   WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION

Ulcer healing time and antibiotic treatment before and after the introduction of the Registry of Ulcer Treatment: an improvement project in a national quality registry in Sweden

(2013) Rut F Öien et al.   BMJ Open

Concordance in diabetic foot ulcer infection

(2013) E Andrea Nelson et al.   BMJ Open

Current Aspects in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Chronic Wounds in Diabetes Mellitus

(2013) Elena Tsourdi et al.   Biomed Research International

2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections

(2012) B. A. Lipsky et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Expert opinion on the management of infections in the diabetic foot

(2012) B. A. Lipsky et al.   DIABETES-METABOLISM RESEARCH AND REVIEWS

Antibiotic Impregnated Cement Spacer for Salvage of Diabetic Osteomyelitis

(2012) Eyal A. Melamed et al.   FOOT & ANKLE INTERNATIONAL

Efficacy and safety of IV/PO moxifloxacin and IV piperacillin/tazobactam followed by PO amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in the treatment of diabetic foot infections: results of the RELIEF study

(2012) N. C. Schaper et al.   INFECTION

Should the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage status be used as a guide to treatment for skin and soft tissue infections?

(2012) Alexandra Reber et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Effectiveness of Interventions in Reducing Antibiotic Use for Upper Respiratory Infections in Ambulatory Care Practices

(2012) Christopher Vinnard et al.   Population Health Management

A review of the scientific evidence for biofilms in wounds

(2012) Steven L. Percival et al.   WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION

A Severely Infected Diabetic Foot Treated Successfully Without Using Systemic Antibiotics

(2012) Ming Tian et al.   International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Remission after treatment of osteoarticular infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa versus Staphylococcus aureus: a case-controlled study

(2011) Khalid Seghrouchni et al.   INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS

Predicting the pathogen of diabetic toe osteomyelitis by two consecutive ulcer cultures with bone contact

(2010) L. Bernard et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Toenail Onychomycosis in Diabetic Patients

(2009) Peter Mayser et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DERMATOLOGY

Topical Antimicrobial Therapy for Treating Chronic Wounds

(2009) Benjamin A. Lipsky et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Antibiotic consumption and link to resistance

(2009) H. Goossens   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Piperacillin/tazobactam versus imipenem/cilastatin for severe diabetic foot infections: a prospective, randomized clinical trial in a university hospital

(2009) N. Saltoglu et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Management and outcome of severe diabetic foot infections

(2009) E. Diamantopoulos et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES

Efficacy and safety of sequential intravenous/oral moxifloxacin vs intravenous/oral amoxicillin/clavulanate for complicated skin and skin structure infections

(2009) R. Vick-Fragoso et al.   INFECTION

Poor utility of MRSA screening to predict staphylococcal species in orthopaedic implant infections

(2009) I. Uçkay et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Foreign body infections due toStaphylococcus epidermidis

(2008) Ilker Uçkay et al.   ANNALS OF MEDICINE

Editorial Commentary:Bone of Contention: Diagnosing Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis

(2008) Benjamin A. Lipsky   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Topical versus Systemic Antimicrobial Therapy for Treating Mildly Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Randomized, Controlled, Double‐Blinded, Multicenter Trial of Pexiganan Cream

(2008) Benjamin A. Lipsky et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Outcome of Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis Treated Nonsurgically: A retrospective cohort study

(2008) E. Senneville et al.   DIABETES CARE

Primarily non-surgical management of osteomyelitis of the foot in diabetes

(2008) F. L. Game et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Biofilms in chronic wounds

(2008) Garth A. James et al.   WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION