Microbiological and pharmacological tests on new antibiotic-loaded PMMA-based composites for the treatment of osteomyelitis

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 348-355

  Giavaresi, Gianluca ^a   Minelli, Elisa Bertazzoni ^b   Sartori, Maria ^a   Benini, Anna ^b   Della Bora, Tommaso ^b   Sambri, Vittorio ^c   Gaibani, Paolo ^c   Borsari, Veronica ^a   Salamanna, Francesca ^a   Martini, Lucia ^a   Aldini, Nicolò Nicoli ^a   Fini, Milena ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcium phosphate; Composite hard tissue; Drug delivery release; Experimental osteomyelitis; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051829781     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21531     Document Type: Article

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