ArticleCureus2025
Failure of Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy in Diabetic Foot Ulcer With Chronic Osteomyelitis: A Case Report.
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- Real-time detection and monitoring of bacteria in diabetic wounds using bacterial fluorescence.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) are frequent and severe complications of diabetes mellitus that can lead to chronic wounds, osteomyelitis, and even limb amputation if not properly managed. This case report describes the clinical consequences of prolonged empirical antibiotic therapy without culture guidance in a patient with a diabetic foot abscess. A 72-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and hypertension presented with a chronic, non-healing deep foot abscess after receiving 15 consecutive courses of empirical oral antibiotics over eight months. Magnetic resonance imaging suggested osteomyelitis of the fifth metatarsal bone. Urgent surgical drainage and tissue cultures revealed
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