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. 2022 Jul 29;10(8):1830. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10081830

Table A2.

Commercially available double loaded bone cements; MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSE: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis adapted from Kuhn et al. 2017 [6].

Antibiotic Groups Antibiotics Activity against Cement Example
Aminoglycoside and Lincosamide Gentamicin and Clindamycin Many gram-positive and—negative bacteria (Staphylococcus species, Enterococcus species, Pseudomonas, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, Proteus Copal® G+C
Aminoglycoside and Glycopeptide Gentamicin and Vancomycin Many gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus species, MRSA, MRSE, Enterococcus species Copal® G+V
Macrolide and Polymyxin Erythromycin and Colistin Gram-positive bacteria (Streptococcus species, Staphylococcus species), anaerobic bacteria (Corynebacteria) Simplex® with Erythromycin/Colistin