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Sep 07

Literature Update – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Sept, 2011

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Diabetic Foot, Infections, MRSA, Onychomycosis
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As I have mentioned in a previous post there are a number of journals I follow to stay abreast of developments in the ID, microbiology and antibiotic world.  For updates on the latest in antibiotic development from pre-clinical through clinical …

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Aug 15

Why I Don’t Eat Raw Oysters

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Infections, MRSA, Wounds
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The more I read the infectious disease literature the more my diet becomes limited. It seems that new reports of contaminated food are published regularly.  It gets to a point where you don’t know what you should and should not …

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Jul 25

Infection Control and Instrument Disinfection

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Infection control, Infections
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This week I will be giving a talk to the Podiatric Assistants at the APMA National Meeting in Boston on the topic of office infection control.  I believe that this is an area which does not receive enough attention since …

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May 16

“PSEUDOMONA-PHOBIA”

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Diabetic Foot, Infections, Osteomyelitis
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For a number of years I have referred in my lectures to the word I have termed “Pseudomonaphobia”.  Basically, this is an irrational fear of the organism Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) when isolated from a culture of a wound in the …

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May 03

Bugs and Drugs 2011 (Slide Show)

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Diabetic Foot, Infections
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With this entry onto the blog I am trying something new.  The IT team at Data Trace has been working on a way to post a PowerPoint slide show to the blog.  We believe it is now ready to go.  …

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Apr 25

What Would You Do? – Imaging for Osteomyelitis

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Osteomyelitis
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It has been a little while since I asked a clinical question of you, the readers.  I actually received a pretty good response last time and some interesting thoughts so I figured I would post a question that was recently …

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Apr 10

More on Antibiotics and Osteomyelitis

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Infections, Osteomyelitis
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I have blogged a number of times about the questions surrounding some of the unknown, unproven issues surrounding the treatment of osteomyelitis including duration of antibiotic therapy and the “need” for surgical debridement. It continues to amaze me how it …

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Mar 27

The Attack of the MDROs (ESBL, KPC, NDM-1, NDM-2)

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Diabetic Foot, Infections, Uncategorized
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I just returned from the DFCON meeting in Los Angeles, always my favorite scientific conferences of the year (I have blogged about it previously https://www.leinfections.com/diabetic-foot/the-olmos-award-and-dfcon-2010/).  My topic this year was “Drugs and Bugs 2011”.  Since I gave a similar talk …

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Feb 24

THE 80% SOLUTION (With apologies to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Onychomycosis
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This Tuesday, February 22, I was quoted in a very fair and balanced article in the Wall Street Journal by Science Reporter Laura Johannes dealing with laser treatment of onychomycosis. During my interview with Ms. Johannes I bemoaned the lack …

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Feb 12

WHEN AN “INFECTION” IS NOT AN INFECTION

by Warren S. Joseph DPM FIDSA
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Antibiotics, Infections, Wounds
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I know that sometimes my posts can be a bit esoteric discussing the minutia of antibiotic dosing, findings in the literature, etc.  So, to change gears a bit, I would like to make this a rather basic clinical discussion.  I …

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