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Antibiotic loaded calcium sulfate bead and pulse lavage eradicates biofilms on metal implant materials in vitro.
Journal of Orthopaedic Research : Official Publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society 2018 September
Pulse lavage (PL) debridement and antibiotic loaded calcium sulfate beads (CS-B) are both used for the treatment of biofilm related periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). However, the efficacy of these alone and in combination for eradicating biofilm from orthopaedic metal implant surfaces is unclear. The purpose of the study was to understand the efficacy of PL and antibiotic loaded CS-B in eradicating bacterial biofilms on 316L stainless steel (SS) alone and in combination in vitro. Biofilms of bioluminescent strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Xen41 and a USA300 MRSA Staphylococcus aureus SAP231 were grown on SS coupons for 3 days. The coupons were either, (i) debrided for 3 s with PL, (ii) exposed to tobramycin (TOB) and vancomycin (VAN) loaded CS-B for 24 h, or (iii) exposed to both. An untreated biofilm served as a control. The amount of biofilm was measured by bioluminescence, viable plate count and confocal microscopy using live/dead staining. PL alone reduced the CFU count of both strains of biofilms by approximately 2 orders of magnitude, from an initial cell count on metal surface of approximately 109 CFU/cm2 . The antibiotic loaded CS-B caused an approximate six log reduction and the combination completely eradicated viable biofilm bacteria. Bioluminescence and confocal imaging corroborated the CFU data. While PL and antibiotic loaded CS-B both significantly reduced biofilm, the combination of two was more effective than alone in removing biofilms from SS implant surfaces. © 2018 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 36:2349-2354, 2018.
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