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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 99-B, Issue SUPP_22 | Pages 63 - 63
1 Dec 2017
DURATION OF ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS WITH INTRAVENOUS CEFUROXIME AFFECTS INFECTION RATE WITH STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN AN OPEN FRACTURE MODEL IN RABBITS
Pützler J Arens D Metsemakers W Zeiter S Richard K Richards G Raschke M Moriarty F
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Aim

Open fractures still have a high risk for fracture-related Infection (FRI). The optimal duration of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis (PAP) for open fractures remains controversial due to heterogeneous guidelines and highly variable prophylactic regimens in clinical practice. In order to provide further evidence with which to support the selection of antibiotic duration for open fracture care, we performed a preclinical evaluation in a contaminated rabbit fracture model.

Method

A complete humeral osteotomy in 18 rabbits was fixed with a 7-hole-LCP and inoculated with Staphylococcus aureus (2×106 colony forming units, CFU per inoculum). This inoculum was previously shown to result in a 100% infection rate in the absence of any antibiotic prophylaxis. Cefuroxime was administered intravenously in a weight adjusted dosage equivalent to human medicine (18.75 mg/kg) as a single shot only, for 24 hours (every 8 hours) and for 72 hours (every 8 hours) in separate groups of rabbits (n=6 per group). Infection rate per group was assessed after two weeks by quantitative bacteriological evaluation of soft tissue, bone and implants. Blood samples were taken from rabbits preoperatively and on days 3, 7 and 14 after surgery to measure white blood cell count (WBC) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels.