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Published in final edited form as: Pharm Res. 2014 May 30;31(12):3379–3389. doi: 10.1007/s11095-014-1427-y

Table II.

Loading efficiencies of microparticle formulations.

	Loading Efficiency of 10 wt% antibiotic-loaded PLGA MPs (%)	Loading Efficiency of 20 wt% antibiotic-loaded PLGA MPs (%)
Cefazolin	36.4 ± 3.3^a	51.3 ± 6.1^d
Ciprofloxacin	86.8 ± 10.9^b,c,^*	38.9 ± 17.8^d,^*
Clindamycin	84.9 ± 6.9^b,c	89.5 ± 4.0^e,f
Colistin	102.0 ± 5.0^c	105.3 ± 4.4^f
Doxycyline	71.4 ± 2.3^b	89.4 ± 0.9^e,f
Vancomycin	83.3 ± 4.8^b,c	76.9 ± 6.2^e

Indicates significant difference between 10wt% and 20wt% loaded for a given antibiotic.

Superscript letters indicate significant difference between antibiotics for a given loading wt%

Data is presented as mean ± standard deviation, n=3 per group.