Do cultures of diabetic foot ulcers without clinical signs of infection predict outcomes?
Culturing DFUs that showed no clinical signs of infection had no predictive value for outcomes of DFUs managed with total-contact casts and routine debridement. These findings support recommendations of the Infectious Disease Society of America that culturing and antibiotics should be avoided in treating DFUs that show no clinical signs of infection.
The outcomes for implants with augmentation were similar to those without augmentation.