Mechanical effects of the use of vancomycin and meropenem in acrylic bone cement

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 617-621

  Persson, Cecilia ^a   Baleani, Massimiliano ^a   Guandalini, Luciano ^a   Tigani, Domenico ^b   Viceconti, Marco ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC CEMENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BARIUM SULFATE; MEROPENEM; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FATIGUE; PARTICLE SIZE; STRENGTH;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE CEMENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THIENAMYCINS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 33747710137     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610012692     Document Type: Article

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