Articles | Volume 6, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-119-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-119-2021
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23 Mar 2021
Original full-length article |  | 23 Mar 2021

Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm killing beyond the spacer by antibiotic-loaded calcium sulfate beads: an in vitro study

Jacob R. Brooks, Devendra H. Dusane, Kelly Moore, Tripti Gupta, Craig Delury, Sean S. Aiken, Phillip A. Laycock, Anne C. Sullivan, Jeffrey F. Granger, Matthew V. Dipane, Edward J. McPherson, and Paul Stoodley

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm killing beyond the spacer by antibiotic-loaded calcium sulfate beads: an in vitro study Excel spread sheet with raw data P. Stoodley and J. Brooks https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.hqbzkh1fq

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Bacterial biofilm infections of artificial knees are treated by mixing antibiotics into bone cement and calcium sulfate beads. We designed a knee size model to show that cement alone killed biofilms on orthopedic materials and prevented their spread close to the cement, but adding beads significantly killed biofilms further away. The model is useful in helping show how both the spread and the amount of antibiotic carrier can kill biofilms that might be in different places in the joint.