approached significanceP=0.071
contiguous) with an average of 13.21±2.64 weeks of treatment for contiguous infections versus an average of 9.23±0.68 weeks for hematogenous (P=0.128 and 0.458 respectively compared to the mean treatment length of 10.01 weeks; Table 3 ) Patients who had at least one irrigation and debridement (I&D) had a statistically significant increase in treatment length (P=0.015; Table 3 ), on average received nearly 3.5 weeks longer of antibiotic therapy and had a decreased cure rate which approached significance (P=0.071; Table 5 ); however, additional I&Ds did not further increase failure rate.