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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 99-B, Issue SUPP_9 | Pages 3 - 3
1 May 2017
Aguilar-Colomer A Doadrio J Manzano M Esteban J Vallet-Regí M Pérez-Jorge C
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Background

Staphylococcus aureus is a human pathogen involved in implant-related infections. In these diseases, biofilm production is the key pathogenic event, and it increases antibiotic resistance of the organism. Because this phenomenon, local delivery of antibiotics could allows reaching high concentrations in the infected tissue without the secondary effects linked to systemic administration. Here we report the use of a ceramic biomaterial (SBA-15) as a carrier of antibiotics in order to deliver them directly in the infected tissue.

Material and methods

SBA-15 discs were loaded with vancomycin, rifampin and a combination of both according to the protocol described by Molina-Manso et al. Loaded discs were introduced in a 0.5 McFarland suspension of S. aureus 15981 and incubated during 6 and 24 hours in order to develop a biofilm. After incubation, samples were sonicated during 5 minutes and 1:10 serial dilutions were performed in order to count viable bacteria. All experiments were performed in triplicate.