(My thanks to David Armstrong, DPM, PhD for bringing this press release to my attention) TaiGen Announces Nemonoxacin (TG-873870) Once-A-Day Oral Dosing in Diabetic Foot Infection Met Primary Endpoints According to its manufacturer TaiGen, nemonoxacin, a novel, non-fluorinated quinolone has …
Read more →For a number of years I have been presenting a lecture entitled “Differentiating infected from non-infected wounds”. As part of that talk I discuss the role of topical antimicrobials in wound healing. Despite there being a countless number of silver …
Read more →One of our readers recently sent the blog the following comment: “Anything new to add to comments in book about laser treatment of fungal nails? In my area there are ads for DPMs offering this $1000 per treatment! My question …
Read more →To any of my readers planning on attending the NY Clinical Conference this coming weekend, I will be in the exhibit hall at the DataTrace booth on Saturday January 30th. I will be there to discuss this blog, sign copies …
Read more →Two studies published in the January 7, 2010 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine have received a tremendous amount of play in the popular press. One paper out of Baylor in Houston looked at comparing chlorhexidine + alcohol …
Read more →Telavancin (Vibativ – Theravance/Astellas) is a novel lipoglycopeptide, related to vancomycin, that has been recently approved by the FDA for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI) caused by MRSA. Telavancin now joins the ranks of vancomycin, …
Read more →Some interesting news just came out yesterday. It looks like J&J’s new anti-MRSA cephalosporin, ceftobiprole has been, once again, turned back by the FDA. See the story here: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0572888.htm Many of us had pretty high hopes for this antibiotic as …
Read more →On Barry Block’s daily PM News (www.podiatrym.com) the other day a colleague presented a case of a neuropathic patient with no wounds presenting with what he felt was osteomyelitis of the 2nd and 3rd metatarsals. Although I did not feel …
Read more →Dr. Todd Divan, a podiatric physician from Potomac, IL, sent me an excellent question via personal email. On the belief that if one person asks a question, many others may be thinking the same thing, I reprint the question and …
Read more →One of the ideas behind creating this blog was to be able to keep readers apprised of any new, interesting papers published in the infectious diseases and microbiology literature I follow on a regular basis. For background I will tell …
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