Polylactide implants and bacterial contamination: An animal study

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 335-343

  Mainil Varlet, Pierre ^a,b   Hauke, Christian ^a,c   Maquet, Vronique ^d   Printzen, Gert ^e   Arens, Stephan ^a,f   Schaffner, Thomas ^d   Jre, Robert ^d   Perren, Stephan ^a   Schlegel, Urs ^a  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e Department of Medical Microbiology ^*  (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYESTERS;

BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIDE;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

LACTIC ACID; POLYESTER; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FRACTURE FIXATION; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYESTERS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RABBITS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0035809844     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(20010305)54:3<335::AID-JBM40>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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