Ertapenem for treatment of osteomyelitis: a case series

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Ertapenem is a once-daily broad spectrum carbapenem that is increasingly used to treat polymicrobial osteomyelitis due to diabetic foot and traumatic wound infections. However, limited data exists on ertapenem use for osteomyelitis....

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Johnson Melissa D, Goswami Neela D, Chu Vivian H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/4/478