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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Tobramycin Blood Levels after Local Antibiotic Treatment of Bone and Soft Tissue Infection.

Carlos D Pargas, Ahmed H Elhessy, Mehdi Abouei, Martin G Gesheff, Janet D Conway

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carlos D PargasInternational Center for Limb Lengthening, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2574-069X
Ahmed H ElhessyInternational Center for Limb Lengthening, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA.
Mehdi AboueiInternational Center for Limb Lengthening, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA.
Martin G GesheffInternational Center for Limb Lengthening, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA.
Janet D ConwayInternational Center for Limb Lengthening, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA.
Sinai Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Local antibiotic delivery using different carriers plays an important role in both infection prophylaxis and treatment. Besides dead space management, these carriers have the advantage of providing a high concentration of local antibiotics with a lower risk of systemic toxicity. Few studies have reported on systemic toxicity associated with antibiotic-impregnated carriers. The present study investigates the systemic tobramycin concentration at 24, 48 and 72 h postoperatively after using tobramycin-loaded polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and calcium sulfate (CS) as local antibiotic carriers. Additionally, this work assesses the renal function postoperatively for indications of acute kidney injury (AKI). Fifty-two patients were treated in 58 procedures with tobramycin and vancomycin-loaded PMMA, CS, or both. All systemic tobramycin levels were <2 mcg/mL at 72 h, and the resulting rate of AKI was 12% (7/58). In conclusion, local tobramycin antibiotic delivery using PMMA, CS, or both remains a safe and effective modality in the treatment of osteomyelitis as long as the surgeon is aware of its possible nephrotoxic effect.

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acute kidney injurycalcium sulfatecreatininePMMAsafetytobramycintoxicity

Identifiers

PMID35326799
PMCPMC8944707
OpenAlexW4221057708

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