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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2015 Dec 18;81:58–71. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.12.012

Table 1b.

Summary of Animal Models Used for Natural Polymer Studies

Reference Animal Site Implant Strain CFU Sclerosant Infection Time Debridement
(Itokazu et al., 1997) Rat -Wistar Proximal Tibia Vicryl Suture Im2-42 Not specified None 4 wk Yes
(Mader et al., 2002) Rabbit -NZW Proximal Tibia Allograft bone MSSA clinical isolate 106 None 2 wk Yes
(Mendel et al., 2005) Rat -Wistar Proximal Tibia None MSSA (ATCC 29213) 2×105 Arachidonic Acid 3 wk Yes
(Cevher et al., 2006; Orhan et al., 2006) Rat -Wistar Proximal Tibia K-wire MRSA 2×106 None 6 wk Yes & K-wire removed
(Stinner et al., 2010) Goat Proximal Tibia None MSSA (Xen29) >108 None 6 hr Yes
(Xing et al., 2013) Rabbit -NZW Proximal Tibia None MSSA (ATCC 25923) 5×107 Sodium morrhuate 4 wk Yes

NZW – New Zealand White