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Dec 12

Off Label Drug Promotion…Coming Soon?

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Diabetic Foot, Infections, Osteomyelitis
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(I want to thank my friend and colleague Jeff Karr, DPM (www.osteomyelitiscenter.com) for alerting me to this news story.) Just this past week the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to prohibit criminal prosecution for truthful off label promotion …

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Aug 13

What’s New & Interesting in the Infectious Diseases Literature – Summer 2012

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Diabetic Foot, Infection control, Infections, MRSA, Wounds
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I confess…I have been a bit lackadaisical in my scanning through the journals I receive each month.  This point was driven home to me yesterday when I went to find room on my desk to put some work and realized …

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Jul 17

Radio Interview About Diabetic Foot Infections and SALSAL

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Diabetic Foot, Infections, MRSA
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This past Sunday, July 15, I had the pleasure of participating in a radio interview on WOKV, Jacksonville, FL, the largest, most listened to talk radio station in Northern Florida. Here is the link to the audiostream: http://wokv.media.streamtheworld.com/audio/save_leg_save_101730761.mp3 The show …

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May 22

New 2012 IDSA Diabetic Foot Infection Guidelines

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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As promised, I would post a link to the newly revised, updated IDSA DFI Guidelines as soon as they were available.  Well, I am honored, proud and excited to be able to let my readership know that after about 6 …

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Apr 02

Antibiotic Bone Penetration and Osteomyelitis

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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A reader of this site, Dr. Steven Klein, emailed me to ask the following questions.  I have obtained his permission to use his excellent thoughts as a “jumping off” point for this post and some subsequent ones to follow: You …

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Jan 24

Antibiotic Prescribing in Podiatric Medicine

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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I recently came across some fascinating data which breaks down the number of outpatient prescriptions written by podiatrists for all different classes of drug in 2010.  Unlike various surveys that have been done over the years by different magazines, this …

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Jan 09

Bacteria and Social Networking

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Infection control, Infections, Wounds
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A few weeks ago my old Podiatric College roommate sent me a link to a fascinating YouTube video.  I then sent it to a few friends who, in turn, posted it on a few other blogs so it has become …

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Jan 04

A New Review of Antibiotic Therapy for Osteomyelitis

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Diabetic Foot, Infections, Osteomyelitis
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I wish all of my readers a healthy, happy and prosperous 2012.  With this post I am trying something a bit different.  In the past I usually waited to put up a post until I come up with an “ah …

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Nov 13

SCIP Surgical Prophylaxis?

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Infection control, Infections
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One of the most frequent questions I am used to be asked is about when antibiotic prophylaxis should be used in performing foot and ankle surgery.  I have an entire lecture on this topic where I go through the data, …

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Oct 26

New FDA Safety Communication on Linezolid and Psychiatric Medications

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Diabetic Foot, Infections, MRSA, Wounds
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One of the trickiest issues in prescribing linezolid for patients with MRSA or VRE infections is the potential for a drug-drug interaction, leading to serotonin syndrome (SS), with various serotonergic psychiatric medications.  It seems that every pharmacy computer system in …

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