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Kilian, O. et al.

Olaf Kilian, Hamid Hossain, Ingo Flesch, Ursula Sommer, Heiko Nolting, Trinad Chakraborty, Reinhard Schnettler,

Elution kinetics, antimicrobial efficacy, and degradation and microvasculature of a new gentamicin-loaded collagen fleece.

Management of bone and soft tissue infections generally includes surgical procedures as well as attendant treatment and prevention with gentamicin-loaded fleeces. Conventional gentamicin-containing collagen fleeces currently in use are strongly acidic and exhibit limited biocompatibility thereby adversely affecting wound healing. To improve the antibiotic delivery system, a new phosphate-buffered, gentamicin-loaded fleece with pH-neutral properties has been developed (Jason G). This study aimed at comparing the elution kinetics of gentamicin release and the antimicrobial efficacy of conventional fleeces with the newly developed fleece in vitro. In addition, degradation and microvasculature of implanted fleeces were examined in a rat model and assessed using histology, as well as detection of ED-1 and PECAM-expression using immunohistochemistry. We show that the phosphate-buffered fleeces have reduced release (p < 0.05) of the integrated gentamicin. However, all of the fleeces tested had a significant antimicrobial effect on the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains (p < 0.01). Among the fleeces tested, the new Jason G fleece had the weakest but nevertheless sufficient antimicrobial effectiveness. Evaluation of the antibiotic effect in the prevention of an infection showed no differences between the applied fleeces. Following surgical implantation of fleece in the backs of Wistar rats we observed, on day 5 after implantation, an increase in cell infiltration and microvascularization with the phosphate-buffered fleece as compared with conventional fleeces, which show necrotic cells on their surface. Unlike the acidic fleeces, on day 15 after implantation the pH-neutral fleece was resorbed widely. Here, we show that the new, pH-neutral, gentamicin-containing fleece Jason G exhibits good overall antimicrobial effectiveness against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria in vitro with improved degradation properties and microvasculature formation in vivo.[1]

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Elution kinetics, antimicrobial efficacy, and degradation and microvasculature of a new gentamicin-loaded collagen fleece. Kilian, O., Hossain, H., Flesch, I., Sommer, U., Nolting, H., Chakraborty, T., Schnettler, R. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part B Appl. Biomater. (2009) [Pubmed]

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