Denne forskel kan måske forklares ved den anatomiske og patofysiologisk mere komplicerede kliniske situation ved osteomyelitis i den diabetiske fod, der gør differentiering mellem infektion i bløddelsvæv og knogler mere vanskelig end ved andre former for osteomyelitis i rørknogler.
This difference is perhaps explained by the anatomically and pathophysiology more complicated clinical setting of osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot, making differentiation of soft tissue and bone infection more difficult than in other presentations of long bone osteomyelitis.