Incorporation of large amounts of gentamicin sulphate into acrylic bone cement: Effect on handling and mechanical properties, antibiotic release, and biofilm formation

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-365

  Dunne, N J ^a   Hill, J ^a   McAfee, P ^a   Kirkpatrick, R ^a   Patrick, S ^a   Tunney, M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrylic bone cement; Antimicrobial; Bacterial adherence; Mechanical properties; Total joint replacement

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC BONE CEMENT; ACRYLIC BONE CEMENTS; ANTIBIOTIC RELEASE; ANTIMICROBIAL; BACTERIAL ADHERENCE; BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BIOFILM FORMATION; CEMENT POWDER; CLINICAL ISOLATES; FOUR-POINT BENDING STRENGTH; GENTAMICIN SULPHATE; IN-VITRO; ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS; REVISION SURGERY; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT; COLONY FORMING UNITS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; BENDING STRENGTH; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BLENDING; BONE; CEMENTS; CONCRETE MIXING; ESTERS; JOINT PROSTHESES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POWDERS; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURGERY; ARTHROPLASTY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BONE CEMENT;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; BONE CEMENT; GENTAMICIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; ELASTICITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOFILMS; BONE CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELASTICITY; GENTAMICINS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 47649092005     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM355     Document Type: Article

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