Table 4.

Antibiotic cocktails included in the bone cement

Package size of bone cement	Antibiotic 1	Antibiotic 2	Antibiotic 3	Number of patients
42.7 g*	Gentamicin 1.0 g	Clindamycin 1.0 g		28
42.7 g*	Gentamicin 1.0 g	Clindamycin 1.0 g	Vancomycin 2.0 g	27
40 g†	Gentamicin 0.5 g	Vancomycin 2.0 g	Ofloxacin 1.0 g	2
40 g†	Gentamicin 0.5 g	Vancomycin 2.0 g	Ampicillin 1.0 g	2
40 g†	Gentamicin 1.0 g	Vancomycin 3.0 g		2
42.7 g*	Gentamicin 1.0 g	Clindamycin 1.0 g	Ofloxacin 1.0 g	1
40 g†	Gentamicin 1.0 g	Ofloxacin 2.0 g		1

* Copal®G+C (Heraeus Medical GmbH, Wehrheim, Germany). The package size is 42.7 g cement containing 1.0 g gentamicin and 1.0 g clindamycin; ^†Palacos®R+G (Heraeus Medical GmbH, Wehrheim, Germany). The package size is 40.0 g cement containing 0.5 g gentamicin.