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SUBMITTER: Qayoom I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7445265 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Qayoom Irfan I Verma Rahul R Murugan Prem Anand PA Raina Deepak Bushan DB Teotia Arun Kumar AK Matheshwaran Saravanan S Nair Nisanth N NN Tägil Magnus M Lidgren Lars L Kumar Ashok A
Scientific reports 20200824 1
Long term multiple systemic antibiotics form the cornerstone in the treatment of bone and joint tuberculosis, often combined with local surgical eradication. Implanted carriers for local drug delivery have recently been introduced to overcome some of the limitations associated with conventional treatment strategies. In this study, we used a calcium sulphate hemihydrate (CSH)/nanohydroxyapatite (nHAP) based nanocement (NC) biomaterial as a void filler as well as a local delivery carrier of two st ...[more]