JAC Advance Access originally published online on June 23, 2004
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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2004 54(2):570; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh226
JAC vol.54 no.2 © The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2004; all rights reserved.
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Response to: Release of gentamicin and vancomycin from temporary human hip spacers in two-stage revision of infected arthroplasty
Skeletal Tissue Engineering Group Amsterdam (STEGA), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, VU Medical Center, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Keywords: antibiotic combinations , antibiotic-loaded cement , drug delivery systems , surgical wound infections , topical administration
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Sir,
A recent article by Bertazzoni Minelli et al.1 proposes new treatment options for the increasing problem of implant infection caused by resistant strains and describes the release of gentamicin and vancomycin from poly-methyl-methacrylate (PMMA)
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