Individualize Treatment for Diabetes-Related Foot Infections
March 2024
Conversations about how to treat foot infections in patients with diabetes will be spurred by updated treatment guidelines.
Expect to see an individualized care plan that includes debridement...wound care...off-loading...and specialist referrals (vascular, etc), if needed.
Keep in mind, about half of diabetes-related foot ulcers are not infected...and there are no good data that antibiotics speed ulcer healing or reduce risk of an infection.
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