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JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS
卷 68B, 期 2, 页码 160-164出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.20015
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electric current; detachment; stainless steel; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Staphylococcus aureus; percutaneous devices; biofilms
Infection of percutaneous biomaterials implants, such as fixation frames used for the repair of complicated fractures in orthopedics, is a major complication that almost inevitably leads to replacement of the implant. As antibiotic therapy usually has little impact on biomaterial-associated infections, it is the aim of this article to examine whether implact-associated Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus strains could be stimulated to detach from a surgical stainless steel anode during application of an electric current. First, bacteria were allowed to adhere from a flowing suspension of physiological ionic strength in a parallel plate flow chamber to a stainless-steel surface, after which the suspension was replaced by a bacterium- free solution with a specified ionic strength (0.5-150-mM potassium phosphate). DC currents ranging from 15 to 125 muA were applied to induce bacterial detachment. Initial detachment decreased with increasing ionic strength at 100 muA. The percentage detachment achieved by application of an electric current after 2.5 h was highest (95%) in 1-mM potassium phosphate and decreased to 15% when the ionic strength exceeded 40 mM. The electric current did not significantly affect the percentage detachment, but initial detachment rates increased with increasing current from 1000 cm(-2) s(-1) at 15 muA to 7000 cm(-2) s(-1) at 125 muA. Although different isolates of S. epidermidis and S. aureus showed different patterns of current-induced detachment, all strains could be stimulated to detach. The results of this study define ionic-strength conditions and electric currents yielding staphylococcal detachment from surgical stainless steel and therewith point to a pathway for the treatment and prevention of percutaneous metal-implant infection. (C) 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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