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FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1141086
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antibiotic (ATB); capillary electrophoresis (CE); diabetic foot (DF); diabetic foot infection (DFI); microdialysis (MD)
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Diabetic foot is a serious complication caused by infection and ischaemia, requiring prompt and aggressive treatment to avoid amputation. Peripheral arterial disease therapy can be easily verified using ultrasound or other examinations, but infection treatment success is difficult to establish. Intravenous antibiotics are recommended for moderate or serious infections, and microdialysis techniques show promise in determining antibiotic levels in diabetic foot lesions.
Diabetic foot is a serious late complication frequently caused by infection and ischaemia. Both require prompt and aggressive treatment to avoid lower limb amputation. The effectiveness of peripheral arterial disease therapy can be easily verified using triplex ultrasound, ankle-brachial/toe-brachial index examination, or transcutaneous oxygen pressure. However, the success of infection treatment is difficult to establish in patients with diabetic foot. Intravenous systemic antibiotics are recommended for the treatment of infectious complications in patients with moderate or serious stages of infection. Antibiotic therapy should be initiated promptly and aggressively to achieve sufficient serum and peripheral antibiotic concentrations. Antibiotic serum levels are easily evaluated by pharmacokinetic assessment. However, antibiotic concentrations in peripheral tissues, especially in diabetic foot, are not routinely detectable. This review describes microdialysis techniques that have shown promise in determining antibiotic levels in the surroundings of diabetic foot lesions.
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