Blood cultures after bone biopsy in diabetic foot osteomyelitis
Paule Letertre-Gibert1, Françoise Desbiez2, Magali Vidal1
1Infectious and Tropical diseases Department, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, France.; Clermont Université, UMR CNRS 6023 Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome Environnement (LMGE), Université d'Auvergne, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
|July 11, 2017
Abstract:
The value of blood cultures after bone biopsy in diabetic foot osteomyelitis was assessed through a prospective monocentric study. Blood cultures tested positive in 15.8% of patients. Risk factors were male gender, higher CRP levels, Streptococcus sp.-positive bone culture, and pre-existing valvulopathy.


