Instead of a formal literature review, I just wanted to post a quick clinical comment on something that came up with a patient I saw on consultation in the hospital about 2 weeks ago. This 91 y/o female nursing home resident was admitted with a diagnosis of “cellulitis” of the right foot (of course much … Read more
It is a rare study I read that makes me want to literally stop everything else I am doing and write a blog post about it. It is a dreary, gray Sunday morning and I was just catching up on some backlogged journal reading when I picked up the August 2010 issue of Antimicrobial Agents … Read more
I know that this title seems like I am tying in a number of fairly diverse topics but hear me out on this one. I was browsing through USA Today while sitting in an airplane last week and came across a story whose title read “Safety Breaches at Surgery Centers”. That, in and of itself … Read more
The following is from the text I sent to Podiatry Today Magazine for an upcoming feature they are planning on Innovations in Podiatry. I really feel that molecular diagnosis of infection has the potential to change the way we diagnose and ultimately treat lower extremity infections. The company I discuss in the article below, Diatherix, … Read more