Ultrasound (US) has been used to increase elution of antibiotic from an antibiotic-loaded poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) bone cement (ALBC). We aimed to further investigate whether microbubbles-mediated US (US + MB) facilitate elution of vancomycin (VAN) from cylindrical specimens and enhance the activity of the eluted antibiotic against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) in vitro. The study g...

1 Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Van Military Hospital, Van Askeri Hastanesi Altıntepe, Van, Turkey. 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Van Military Hospital, Van Askeri Hastanesi Altıntepe, Van, Turkey. Department of Emergency Medicine, Etimesgut Military Hospital, Etimesgut Asker Hastanesi Etimesgut, Ankara, Turkey. Department of Emergency Medicine, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Research...