How long to treat with antibiotics following amputation in patients with diabetic foot infections? Are the 2012 IDSA DFI guidelines reasonable?

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

Strategies for Reduction in Duration of Antibiotic Use in Hospitalized Patients

(2011) Y. Hayashi et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Current medical management of diabetic foot infections

(2010) Mark A Kosinski et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

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

A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial Comparing Ceftobiprole Medocaril with Vancomycin plus Ceftazidime for the Treatment of Patients with Complicated Skin and Skin-Structure Infections

(2008) G. J. Noel et al.   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

The Diabetic Foot

(2008) Z. T. Bloomgarden   DIABETES CARE

Five Day Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Major Lower Limb Amputation Reduces Wound Infection Rates and the Length of In-hospital Stay

(2007) U. Sadat et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY