Liquid dextran does not increase the elution rate of different antibiotics from bone cement.

Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg University, Langenbeckstraße 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany,

Published: January 2015

Purpose: To investigate the possibility of increasing elution of fosfomycin, gentamicin, clindamycin, and vancomycin by the addition of dextran fluid during the cement-mixing phase.

Methods: In 12 test series, we produced standardized, antibiotic-loaded test specimens of cement, with and without addition of dextran, and determined their effectiveness against three reference pathogens in agar diffusion and elution tests.

Results: In the test series using combined agents, Refobacin(®)-Palacos(®)R plus fosfomycin continuously produced the largest zone of inhibition, both against methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (p = 0.009) and against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (p = 0.009). The addition of dextran to the various test series had no useful effect on the size of the zone of inhibition for any of the antibiotics tested.

Conclusions: Dextran supplementation in Refobacin(®)-Palacos(®)R bone cement did not have the hope for positive effect on the elution rate of bound antibiotics.

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