Table 1.

Mass of antibiotics filled in situ into affinity and non-affinity polymer disks. Mass of RMP filled into implanted polymers from in situ filling studies with and without bacteria (a) and mass of MC filled into implanted polymers from in situ filling studies with and without bacteria (b) averaged (n = 3) with standard deviation.

a.
Rifampicin		Average loaded drug mass (n = 3) (μg)
No biofilm	pCD	2.8 ± 0.6
	pDEX	1.0 ± 0.4
24 h biofilm	pCD (no biofilm)	3.1 ± 0.6
	pCD (biofilm)	3.3 ± 0.4
72 h biofilm	pCD (no biofilm)	2.9 ± 0.2
	pCD (biofilm)	1.8 ± 0.2
b.
Minocycline		Average loaded drug mass (n = 3) (μg)
No biofilm	pCD	38.1 ± 15.6
	pDEX	13.6 ± 0.9
24 h biofilm	pCD (no biofilm)	50.5 ± 1.2
	pCD (biofilm)	40.4 ± 2.0
72 h biofilm	pCD (no biofilm)	39.6 ± 9.0
	pCD (biofilm)	50.0 ± 7.3