Less-invasive and highly effective method for preventing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus graft infection by local sustained release of vancomycin
Less-invasive and highly effective method for preventing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus graft infection by local sustained release of vancomycin
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.06.027
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
影响因子:
6
通讯作者:
Komeda, Masashi
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作者:
Sakaguchi, Hisashi;Marui, Akira;Komeda, Masashi
Objective: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus graft infection is one of the most serious complications of vascular surgery. Vancomycin is a potent antibiotic against methicillin-resistant S aureus; however, systemic administration of vancomycin is not very effective against methicillin-resistant S aureus graft infection. Therefore, we investigated whether a local sustained release of vancomycin prevents methicillin-resistant S aureus graft infection.Methods: We have developed a poly-L-lactide-co-caprolactone sheet that enabled sustained release of vancomycin for 2 weeks. An expanded polytetrafluoroethylene vascular graft patch (1.5 mm(2)) was sutured at the anterior wall of the incised murine abdominal aorta. Methicillin-resistant S aureus (1.0 x 10(3) colony-forming units) was inoculated onto the graft surface. Thereafter, the graft was treated as follows (n = 6 each): no treatment (control group), local injection of an aqueous solution of vancomycin (vancomycin solution group) and local implantation of poly-L-lactide-co-caprolactone containing vancomycin (vancomycin-PLCA group). After 7 days, the graft and blood were sampled and cultured.Results: The methicillin-resistant S aureus counts in the grafts of the vancomycin-PLCA group were significantly lower than those of the other groups. Blood cultures of the vancomycin-PLCA group were all negative, whereas those of the other groups were all positive for infection. The survival rate in the vancomycin-PLCA group at 28 days was considerably higher than that in the control group (83.3% vs 16.7%).Conclusions: A local sustained-release sheet containing vancomycin reduced methicillin-resistant S aureus counts in the infected vascular grafts, prevented sepsis, and drastically improved survival rates. This can be used as a highly effective and less-invasive adjunctive treatment method for preventing prosthetic methicillin-resistant S aureus graft infection.