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Jan 08

A Better Way to Diagnose Infections?

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Diabetic Foot, Infections, MRSA, Osteomyelitis, Wounds
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I have written in the past about my excitement over new molecular techniques to diagnose lower extremity infections.  I really believe that this is the future for both bacterial and fungal disease.  These tests are incredibly sensitive, specific and rapid …

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Dec 15

Minocycline and the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Infection control, Infections, MRSA
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When most of us think about minocycline it is for the oral treatment of gram positive infection, in particular MRSA.  In fact, the drug is effective against multidrug resistant gram negative organisms, including Acinetobacter baumannii (AB). This point was driven …

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Dec 12

The Press Reporting of ID and Antibiotics

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Infection control, Infections, MRSA
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USA Today ran an interesting story yesterday about a 19 year old woman given an antibiotic by a friend for a “sore throat” who developed Stevens Johnson Syndrome.  This is a terrible incident and my thoughts and prayers go out …

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Dec 08

Medscape Interview about Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Diabetic Foot, Infections, Onychomycosis
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Just over a week ago my good friend and colleague in lower extremity ID, Mark Kosinski, DPM, FIDSA and I were interviewed by Miriam Tucker, a reporter for Medscape, about a recent paper that compared 6 weeks vs 12 weeks of …

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Nov 17

Dalbavancin & Oritavancin – PART 2

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Infections, MRSA, Osteomyelitis
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In my post last week I mentioned I would write a follow up to discuss my opinions on the use of these drugs for lower extremity infections.  I have not yet had the opportunity to try either so these are …

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Nov 10

New Antibiotics – Dalbavancin & Oritavancin PART 1

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Infections, MRSA
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In this entry I will continue to explore some of the new antibiotics that have been recently approved for use in acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI). I will discuss these two together since they are quite similar …

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Nov 03

ONYCHOMYCOSIS – What Are We Teaching?

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Infections, Onychomycosis
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I have been doing LOTS of talks on onychomycosis over the past few months. The vast majority of these have been CME lectures where I spend significantly more time reviewing the background information of onycho than talking about new drug …

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Oct 23

New Antibiotics – Tedizolid

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Diabetic Foot, Infections, MRSA, Wounds
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As I mentioned in my previous post, this has been a pretty exciting time in the area of lower extremity infectious diseases. Not only do we have 2 new drugs for onychomycosis (to be covered in future posts) but we …

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Oct 20

I’M BAAAACCK

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Diabetic Foot, Osteomyelitis
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Dear Readers, It’s been awhile. Time really does fly. I realize it has been over a year and a half since my last post. I really don’t have any excuses. Life just seems to happen that way. One day I …

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Mar 13

News Story About Pharma Industry Payments – Response

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Diabetic Foot, Infections, Uncategorized
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I am sorry that it has been so long since I put up a post.  Things have been slightly hectic. Unfortunately, instead of reporting on new infectious disease information, with this entry I find myself responding to a story about …

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Links

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  • Journal of Diabetic Foot Complications
  • Podiatry Management News PM-News disseminates topical news articles as well as billing and coding information
  • Podiatry Today Magazine
  • Save A Leg, Save A Life Foundation
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