Ciprofloxacin-loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles as Titanium Coatings: A Valuable Strategy to Prevent Implant-associated Infections

Ciprofloxacin-loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles as Titanium Coatings: A Valuable Strategy to Prevent Implant-associated Infections

Orthopaedic infections represent one of the major causes of implant failure. Systemic treatment is limited due to dosing, side-effects, patient compliance, treatment length and resistant bacteria. The choice of antibiotic incorporation method has been the subject of many investigations and, nowadays...

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Main Authors: Elvira De Giglio, Adriana Trapani, Damiana Cafagna, Concetta Ferretti, Roberta Iatta, Stefania Cometa, Edmondo Ceci, Antonella Romanelli, Monica Mattioli-Belmonte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tsinghua University Press 2012-12-01
Series:Nano Biomedicine and Engineering
Subjects:
infection
titanium
chitosan nanoparticles
ciprofloxacin
drug release
osteoblast
Online Access:https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.5101/nbe.v4i4.p163-169

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