Figure 12.
Histological performance (H&E staining, ×100).
Notes: Regular-Pre means presurgery in the regular S. aureus group; the solid arrow (➔) indicates inflammatory cell infiltration; the arrowhead (
) indicates new chondrogenesis; the swallowtail arrowhead (
) indicates new trabecular bone formation. Magnification ×100.
Abbreviations: H&E, hematoxylin and eosin; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; VC, vancomycin-loaded bone-like hydroxyapatite/poly amino acid group; VUC, bone-like hydroxyapatite/poly amino acid group; PC, vancomycin-loaded polymethyl methacrylate group; NC, simulated body fluid group.