A 49-year-old man with a history of poorly controlled type 1 diabetes has developed osteomyelitis adjacent to a chronic diabetic ulcer on his great toe
The patient has been informed that medical treatment for osteomyelitis requires a longer course of antibiotics than most other infections because:
A) Osteomyelitis is usually caused by simultaneous infection with several microorganisms, which must be treated sequentially.
B) Osteomyelitis requires treatment with topical antibiotics rather than IV antibiotics, necessitating a longer course of treatment.
C) Osteomyelitis is usually the result of fungal infection rather than bacterial infection.
D) Osteomyelitis involves the active infection of bone tissue, which is largely avascular.
D
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