Preoperative Antibiotic Administration Does Not Improve the Outcomes of Operated Diabetic Foot Infections †
Thaddaeus Muri, Madlaina Schöni, Felix W A Waibel, Dominique Altmann, Christina Sydler, Pascal R Furrer, Francesca Napoli, İlker Uçkay, Mehran Monchi · 2024
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Thaddaeus Muri and co-authors wrote a study from 2024 on whether antibiotics given before surgery help infected diabetic feet. Such infections are a grave risk for people with diabetes. Many patients get germ-killing drugs from their own doctor before a surgeon steps in. World guidance advises against that habit in routine cases, since it can waste drugs and breed resistant germs.
The team mined a large set of foot infection cases treated with both surgery and drugs. They checked whether pre-surgery drugs of any kind, route, or length changed how often treatment failed. It did not. Outcomes were the same with or without the early drugs. The team says the finding frees room for tighter drug stewardship in foot care. Severe fast-spreading infections and blood poisoning stay apart from this rule, as guidance already allows drugs there.
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| CREATOR | Thaddaeus Muri, Madlaina Schöni, Felix W A Waibel, Dominique Altmann, Christina Sydler, Pascal R Furrer, Francesca Napoli, İlker Uçkay, Mehran Monchi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |