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 that the case was actually osteomyelitis, a feeling I expressed in a response to that … 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 answer here with Dr. Divan’s kind permission. Dr. Joseph, I listened to the lecture you … 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 you that my 3 top journals include: Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID) – put out by … Read more
It has been about 2 weeks since my first post about ICAAC which has given me some time to ruminate a bit over the happenings there. I have always enjoyed this meeting because its emphasis on new antibiotic development, an area of great interest to me. It is sometimes a bit short on clinical information … Read more
It has been difficult to get any new posts up on the blog lately with an incredibly busy travel/lecture schedule. In the past 2-3 weeks I have been in Toronto for the very successful APMA National, Indianapolis for the Drum Corps International World Championships (not work related for a change!), Las Vegas this past week … Read more
U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals – Prohibition of Criminal Prosecution Lower Extremity Infections (LEIs) and Big Pharma’s “Corporate Integrity Agreements” Impact on Antibiotics and LEIs Clinical Trial for Osteomyelitis – No FDA Guidance U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals Rulling Just this past week the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to prohibit … Read more