Vancomycin hydrochloride-loaded stearic acid/lauric acid in situ forming matrix for antimicrobial inhibition in patients with joint infection after total knee arthroplasty.

Takron Chantadee, Patinya Sawangsri, Wichai Santimaleeworagun, Thawatchai Phaechamud

Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications 2020 Oct

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Knee joint infection following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a serious condition and the treatments are complicated. The intra-articular solvent exchange-induced in situ forming matrix is of interest for modulating the release of antibiotics with a high drug concentration and a long period of exposed time at the target site. Stearic acid (S) and lauric acid (L) at various ratios were used as matrix formers by dissolving them in biocompatible solvents such as N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Their matrix formation behaviors in phosphate buffer (pH7.4) and hyaluronic acid (HA) solution were evaluated. Also, the density, viscosity, injectability, solvent diffusion, in vitro degradability and drug release using the dialysis tube method were investigated. The L:S ratio of 1:1 in DMSO exhibited rapid matrix formation and a remarkably low viscosity (7.67±0.03 cp) with acceptable injectability (0.608±0.027N and 0.867±0.010N through 18-G and 27-G, respectively). Vancomycin HCl (V)-loaded L/S in situ forming matrix still provided ease of injection (1.079±0.215N and 1.230±0.145N through 18-G and 27-G needle, respectively) with fatty acid matrix formation after solvent exchange within 1min, whilst V sustainably released over 6days. It also presented effective antimicrobial activities against standard Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains. Therefore, V-loaded solvent exchange-induced in situ forming matrix using L and S as the matrix formers may be a potential local delivery system for treating knee joint infections occurring after TKA in the future. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Takron Chantadee, Patinya Sawangsri, Wichai Santimaleeworagun, Thawatchai Phaechamud. Vancomycin hydrochloride-loaded stearic acid/lauric acid in situ forming matrix for antimicrobial inhibition in patients with joint infection after total knee arthroplasty. Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications. 2020 Oct;115:110761