What’s Lurking in Diabetic Foot Wounds May Explain Treatment Failure

A global DNA deep dive shows why E. coli infections in diabetic foot wounds can be so stubborn, dangerous, and hard to treat.
Bloody Elbow

Photo: Dustin Poirier undergoes surgery on badly infected foot

Dustin Poirier is on the road to recovery after undergoing surgery on his left foot. The former interim UFC lightweight champion was admitted to the hospital for a severe staph infection recently.
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Surgery with void filler for diabetic foot infection may increase limb salvage rate

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with diabetic foot infection had a 95% limb salvage rate with local antibiotic-loaded hydroxyapatite ...
The Conversation

Infections after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin than from microbes in the hospital − new research

Dustin Long receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Dr Bryson-Cahn receives funding from the Gordon and Berry Moore Foundation and is the co-medical director for Alaska Airlines. Our ...