TY - JOUR T1 - Diagnosis and management of infection in the diabetic foot. AU - Peters,Edgar J G, AU - Lipsky,Benjamin A, Y1 - 2013/06/05/ PY - 2013/9/3/entrez PY - 2013/9/3/pubmed PY - 2013/11/5/medline KW - Antibiotic therapy KW - Culture techniques KW - Diabetic foot KW - Foot infection KW - Microbiology KW - Osteomyelitis SP - 911 EP - 46 JF - The Medical clinics of North America JO - Med Clin North Am VL - 97 IS - 5 N2 - Foot infections are common in persons with diabetes mellitus. Most diabetic foot infections occur in a foot ulcer, which serves as a point of entry for pathogens. Unchecked, infection can spread contiguously to involve underlying tissues, including bone. A diabetic foot infection is often the pivotal event leading to lower extremity amputation, which account for about 60% of all amputations in developed countries. Given the crucial role infections play in the cascade toward amputation, all clinicians who see diabetic patients should have at least a basic understanding of how to diagnose and treat this problem. SN - 1557-9859 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/23992901/Diagnosis_and_management_of_infection_in_the_diabetic_foot_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -