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Laila M Castellino1,2, Clare McCormick-Baw2,3, Tyler Coye4
1Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
|November 29, 2023
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.

