Using Climate Information May Help In Empiric Antibiotic Selection When Treating Patients With Diabetic Foot Infection, Study Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/11, Nye) reports, “Using climate information may help in empiric antibiotic selection when treating patients with a diabetic foot infection, according to study findings.” Researchers found that positivity for Pseudomonas “aeruginosa was more likely in hot humid...humid...hot dry...cool humid...and marine...climates.” The findings were published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.