A multicenter randomized placebo controlled trial of rifampin to reduce pedal amputations for osteomyelitis in veterans with diabetes (VA INTREPID)

Abstract Background The prevalence of diabetes mellitus continues to inexorably rise in the United States and throughout the world. Lower limb amputations are a devastating comorbid complication of diabetes mellitus. Osteomyelitis increases the risk of amputation fourfold and commonly presages death...

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Published in:	BMC Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Mary T. Bessesen, Gheorghe Doros, Adam M. Henrie, Kelly M. Harrington, John A. Hermos, Robert A. Bonomo, Ryan E. Ferguson, Grant D. Huang, Sheldon T. Brown
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2020-01-01
Subjects:	Rifampin Osteomyelitis Diabetic foot Amputation Survival Lower extremity
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4751-3