Forgotten Infection Friday: Rhodococcus equi — The Macrophage‑Hiding Threat
This episode explores Rhodococcus equi — a pink, soil‑associated bacterium historically linked to horses that can survive inside macrophages and mimic tuberculosis in the lungs. Dr. G discusses its di...
7 Aug 19min
Diabetic Foot Ulcers Aren’t Paper Cuts: When Triple Antibiotic Is Not Enough
This episode traces the history and science behind triple antibiotic ointment—its three ingredients (bacitracin, neomycin, polymyxin B), how they attack different bacteria, and why it became a househo...
6 Aug 24min
LIMBWatch Series: Dr. Thomas Hardiman- 10-Gram Truth: How a Simple Monofilament Saves Feet
Episode Title: The 10-Gram Test That Can Save a Limb: Understanding Monofilament Screening, Neuropathy & Prevention with Dr. Thomas Hardiman Episode Summary: What if one of the simplest tools in diabe...
3 Aug 42min
The evolutionary purpose of diabetic neuropathy & Why Our Alarm System Fails in the Modern World and How The Healthcare System becomes that External Warning System for the Patient
This episode explores why pain evolved as a critical protective alarm and how diabetes—through chronic high glucose, inflammation, and microvascular damage—silences that alarm by injuring peripheral n...
2 Aug 23min
Gossypiboma: The Hidden Sponge Sabotaging Wound Healing
This episode explains gossypiboma (retained surgical sponge), how the body mounts a foreign‑body granuloma response, and why these sponges can mimic infection or tumors and lead to chronic inflammatio...
1 Aug 14min
Forgotten Infection Friday- Melioidosis: The Soil-Borne Killer That Mimics Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Melioidosis is an infection caused by the soil and water bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei that can enter through cuts, wounds, or inhalation. It often mimics common conditions—pneumonia, tuberculos...
31 Jul 20min
The Knee We Fight to Save: the history, biomechanics and science to Below-the-Knee Amputation
The below-the-knee amputation (BKA) is a common major limb loss in people with diabetes, resulting from a long pathway of neuropathy, vascular disease, biomechanical breakdown, ulcers, and infection. ...
30 Jul 15min
LIMB Watch Series: Dr. Lady DeJesus DPM, FACFAS, DABPM, CWSP- Saving Soles: Minimally Invasive Breakthroughs in Diabetic Limb Salvage
LIMBWatch Series | Dr. Paula DeJesus DPM, FACFAS, : The Future of Limb Salvage Through Minimally Invasive Surgery In this episode of the LIMBWatch Series on Diabetic Foot Files sits with Dr. Lady Pau...
27 Jul 42min
