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ArticleBioMed research international2013

Prolonged delivery of ciprofloxacin and diclofenac sodium from a polymeric fibre device for the treatment of periodontal disease.

Deanne Johnston, Yahya E Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C du Toit, Sandy van Vuuren, Viness Pillay

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Article in BioMed research international, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Deanne JohnstonDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Yahya E Choonara
Pradeep Kumar
Lisa C du Toit
Sandy van Vuuren
Viness Pillay
University of the Witwatersrand · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vitro analysis of drug release and antimicrobial activity of the coblended crosslinked polymeric fibre device (PFD) were investigated. The fibre loaded with ciprofloxacin and diclofenac sodium was comprised of alginate and glycerol crosslinked with barium cations. The pH dependent drug release was evident with ciprofloxacin and diclofenac sodium diffusing from the fibre at pH 4.0 compared to pH 6.8, where the fibre swelled and eroded resulting in zero-order drug release. Agar diffusion studies followed by minimum inhibitory assays were conducted to determine the antimicrobial activity of the device against Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, and Streptococcus mutans. The antimicrobial activity of the PFD was confirmed in both test assays against all test pathogens. The MIC ranges at pH 4.0 for E. coli, E. faecalis, and S. mutans were 0.5-0.8, 0.4-1.1, and 0.7-2.1 μg/mL, respectively. At pH 6.8, similar efficacies (0.3-0.5 μg/mL for E. coli and E. faecalis and 0.6-1.0 μg/mL for S. mutans) were observed. The effect of varying the plasticizer and crosslinking ion concentration on drug release profile of the fibers was further elucidated and conceptualized using molecular mechanics energy relationships (MMER) and by exploring the spatial disposition of geometrically minimized molecular conformations.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsCiprofloxacinDiclofenacDrug Delivery SystemsEnterococcus faecalisEscherichia coliHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPeriodontal DiseasesPolymersStreptococcus mutansAnti-Bacterial AgentsCiprofloxacinDiclofenacPolymers

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PMID24324962
PMCPMC3845435
OpenAlexW2068886919

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