Bone Voyage: Navigating Updates in the Management of Bone and Joint Infections #Osteomyelitis #ActAgainstAmputation

Current Infectious Disease Reports Volume 27, Article Number 5 (2025) Published: 02 January 2025 Steering Toward Innovation in Bone and Joint Infection Management The management of bone and joint infections (BJIs) has undergone significant evolution, as highlighted in the latest review by Barbara A. Santevecchi, Kayihura Manigaba, and Lindsey M. Childs-Kean. Published in Current Infectious Disease... Continue Reading →

Oral Is the New IV. Challenging Decades of Blood and Bone Infection Dogma: A Systematic Review @bradspellberg @lacuscmedcenter @usc

Superb work from Wald-Dickler and coworkers adding to the growing body of evidence that (to coin a phrase from senior author Brad Spellberg), shorter may be better and oral > IV. Background We sought to determine if controlled, prospective clinical data validate the long-standing belief that intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy is required for the full... Continue Reading →

Pharmacotherapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers- Topical and Systemic

A superb technical review from our SALSAmigos Dixon and Edmonds from King's. Historically, there has been a scarcity of evidence-based topical therapy to hasten the healing of diabetic foot ulcers. But recently new evidence-based treatments have emerged from multicentre, randomised, controlled trials. This article highlights those trials, and describes the current pharmacological management of the... Continue Reading →

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