ANTIBIOTICS FOR DIABETIC FOOT OSTEOMYELITIS CAN BE SAFELY SHORTENED BY HALF
posted: Dec. 18, 2020.
The duration of antibiotic treatment for diabetic foot osteomyelitis can safely and effectively be reduced from 6 to 3 weeks, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. According to the study, among the 93 enrolled patients, 44 were randomly assigned to the 3-week arm and 49 to the 6-week arm.
In the intention-to-treat (ITT) population, remission occurred in 37 (84%) of the patients in the 3-week arm compared with 36 (73%) in the 6-week arm (P = .21). The number of adverse events was similar in the two study arms (17/44 vs. 16/49; P = .51), as were the remission incidences in the per-protocol (PP) population (33/39 vs. 32/43; P = .26).
Source: Caitlyn Stulpin, healio.com [12/4/20] via Dr. Paul Kesselman
Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News