Antibacterial Efficiency of Biomaterials With Open Porosity of 15% and Total Porosity of 20%

22nd Annual Meeting of the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS 2014): Abstract Book 2014
Ingus Skadiņš, Juta Kroica, Ilze Šalma, Aigars Reinis, Marina Putniņa, Natalija Berza

Antibiotics are significant components for the treatment and prevention of biomaterial-associated infections. To serve this purpose, various biologically degradable polymeric biomaterials have been investigated with an aim to ensure local release of antibiotics. Controlled-release polymeric implants have a potential to reach high concentration of local antibiotics. Infections continue to spread in all fields of medicine related to the implantation of biomaterials. The most frequent bacteria are S.aureus, coagulase-negative staphylococci and other agents of nosocomial infections.

Keywords
hydroxyapatite, polylactic acid, ciprofloxacin, antibacterial efficienc

Skadiņš, I., Kroica, J., Šalma, I., Reinis, A., Sokolova, M., Berza, N. Antibacterial Efficiency of Biomaterials With Open Porosity of 15% and Total Porosity of 20%. In: 22nd Annual Meeting of the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS 2014): Abstract Book, France, Nantes, 2-4 July, 2014. Nantes: EORS, 2014, pp.O2.3-O2.3.

Publication language
English (en)