The effectiveness of the controlled release of gentamicin from polyelectrolyte multilayers in the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infection in a rabbit bone model
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Moskowitz, Joshua Seth
Blaisse, Michael R.
Samuel, Raymond E.
Hsu, Hu-Ping
Harris, Mitchel B.
Martin, Scott
Lee, Jean C.
Spector, Myron
Hammond, Paula T.
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May 2010
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Biomaterials
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Elsevier
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Moskowitz, Joshua S., Michael R. Blaisse, Raymond E. Samuel, Hu-Ping Hsu, Mitchel B. Harris, Scott D. Martin, Jean C. Lee, Myron Spector, and Paula T. Hammond. “The Effectiveness of the Controlled Release of Gentamicin from Polyelectrolyte Multilayers in the Treatment of Staphylococcus Aureus Infection in a Rabbit Bone Model.” Biomaterials 31, no. 23 (August 2010): 6019–6030.
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Abstract
While the infection rate of orthopedic implants is low, the required treatment, which can involve six weeks of antibiotic therapy and two additional surgical operations, is life threatening and expensive, and thus motivates the development of a one-stage re-implantation procedure. Polyelectrolyte multilayers incorporating gentamicin were fabricated using the layer-by-layer deposition process for use as a device coating to address an existing bone infection in a direct implant exchange operation. The films eluted about 70% of their payload in vitro during the first three days and subsequently continued to release drug for more than four additional weeks, reaching a total average release of over 550 μg/cm[superscript 2]. The coatings were demonstrated to be bactericidal against Staphylococcus aureus, and degradation products were generally nontoxic towards MC3T3-E1 murine preosteoblasts. Film-coated titanium implants were compared to uncoated implants in an in vivo S. aureus bone infection model. After a direct exchange procedure, the antimicrobial-coated devices yielded bone homogenates with a significantly lower degree of infection than uncoated devices at both day four (p < 0.004) and day seven (p < 0.03). This study has demonstrated that a self-assembled ultrathin film coating is capable of effectively treating an experimental bone infection in vivo and lays the foundation for development of a multi-therapeutic film for optimized, synergistic treatment of pain, infection, and osteomyelitis.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.04.011
