Managing Diabetic Foot Infections: A Review of the New Guidelines

Foot infections are amongst the most frequent and severe complications linked to diabetes mellitus and are the most common non-traumatic cause of lower limb amputation. Appropriate management of these infections, however, can improve their outcome. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) constituted a panel of multidisciplinary experts in 2004 to develop guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections, which have...