Delivery of Antibiotics from Cementless Titanium-Alloy Cubes May Be a Novel Way to Control Postoperative Infections

Bacterial colonisation and biofilm formation onto orthopaedic devices are difficult to eradicate. In most cases infection is treated by surgical removal of the implant and cleaning of the infected area, followed by extensive treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics. Such treatment causes great disc...

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Autores principales: Bezuidenhout, Martin B., van Staden, Anton D., Oosthuizen, Gert A., Dimitrov, Dimitar M., Dicks, Leon M. T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25861649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/856859

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25861649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/856859

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