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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2023

Limited Clinical Utility of Routine Mycobacterial Cultures for the Management of Diabetic Foot Infections.

Laila M Castellino, Clare McCormick-Baw, Tyler Coye, Peter A Crisologo, John J Hanna, Francesca Lee, Andrew Clark, Michael Fanning, Amanda L Killeen

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Laila M CastellinoDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3184-4850
Clare McCormick-BawParkland Health, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Tyler CoyeDivision of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Peter A CrisologoDepartment of Plastic Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
John J HannaDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Francesca LeeDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Andrew ClarkDivision of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Service, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Michael FanningDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Amanda L KilleenDepartment of Plastic Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Southwestern Medical Center · USParkland Health & Hospital System · USBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycobacterial infections of the foot and ankle are uncommon. In a cohort of 2340 patients with diabetic foot infection (DFI) in a region with increased prevalence of mycobacterial disease, we identified no clinically significant positive cultures over a 3-year period. Routine mycobacterial culture of DFIs is of limited clinical utility.

Indexed as

acid-fast bacillus culturesdiabetic foot infectionnontuberculous mycobacteria

Identifiers

PMID38023547
PMCPMC10655939
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