QUT Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation
biomedical engineer Dr. Phong Tran said insertion of any foreign body whether an implant or a prosthesis such as a hip joint was recognised as a major contributing factor to infections by the bacteria Staphylococcus
"Some of these bacteria have evolved into a 'superbug' due to exposure to sub-therapeutic levels of antibiotics," said Dr. Tran, from QUT ARC Industrial Transformational Training Centre in Additive Biomanufacturing.
"My research has found a new way to use antibiotics on a biodegradable scaffold which could be delivered inside the body at the surgery site by the surgeon as a promising way to prevent golden staph infection and its development of resistance to antibiotics.
"This could allow surgeons to implant pre-made scaffolds with antibiotics in the operating theatre, which are personalised to specific patients and surgical scenarios."
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-defence-superbug-infections.html#jCp
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