In vitro comparison between commercially and manually mixed antibiotic-loaded bone cements

Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Biomechanics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 166-174

  Ferraris, Sara ^a   Miola, Marta ^a   Bistolfi, Alessandro ^c   Fucale, Giacomo ^b   Crova, Maurizio ^c   Massé, Alessandro ^c   Verné, Enrica ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Center for Orthopedics and Traumatology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Bone cement; Cemented prostheses; Infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BONE CEMENT; GENTAMICIN; PALACOS; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROSTHESIS; VISCOSITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE CEMENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; GENTAMICINS;

EID: 78951494595     PISSN: 17226899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/JABB.2010.6068     Document Type: Article

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