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Three versus six weeks of antibiotic therapy for diabetic foot osteomyelitis: A prospective, randomized, non-inferiority pilot trial

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2021
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Gariani, K., Pham, T.-T., Kressmann, B., Jornayvaz, F. R., Gastaldi, G., Stafylakis, D., Philippe, J., Lipsky, B. A., & Uçkay, İ. (2021). Three versus six weeks of antibiotic therapy for diabetic foot osteomyelitis: A prospective, randomized, non-inferiority pilot trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73(7), e1539–e1545. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1758

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BACKGROUND

In patients with diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO) who underwent surgical debridement, we investigated whether a short (3 weeks), compared with a long (6 weeks) duration of systemic antibiotic treatment is associated with non-inferior results for clinical remission and adverse events (AE).

METHODS

In this prospective, randomized, non-inferiority, pilot trial, we randomized (allocation 1:1), patients with DFO after surgical debridement to either a 3-week or a 6-week course of antibiotic therapy. The minimal duration of fo

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  • Gariani, Karim
  • Pham, Truong-Thanh
  • Kressmann, Benjamin
  • Jornayvaz, François R
  • Gastaldi, Giacomo
  • Stafylakis, Dimitrios
  • Philippe, Jacques
  • Lipsky, Benjamin A
  • Uçkay, İlker

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73

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7

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e1539

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e1545

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English

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2021-10-05

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2021-03-05

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1058-4838

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77 since deposited on 2021-03-05
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68 since deposited on 2021-03-05
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Gariani, K., Pham, T.-T., Kressmann, B., Jornayvaz, F. R., Gastaldi, G., Stafylakis, D., Philippe, J., Lipsky, B. A., & Uçkay, İ. (2021). Three versus six weeks of antibiotic therapy for diabetic foot osteomyelitis: A prospective, randomized, non-inferiority pilot trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73(7), e1539–e1545. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1758

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