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Do you routinely treat chronic sacral osteomyelitis when there is no plan for debridement or flap?

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Infectious Disease · University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine

I would treat acute febrile cellulitis with a relatively brief course of antibiotics but not with a long course of IV antibiotics attempting to cure osteomyelitis, if surgical debridement is not performed.

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Infectious Disease · Central Georgia Infectious Diseases Llc

No, unless there are systemic signs of infections.

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