Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Mean ± standard deviation concentration of meropenem (in μg/ml) of four samples
From: In vitro study of elution kinetics and bio-activity of meropenem-loaded acrylic bone cement
Time (h) | Sample B | Sample C | Sample D | Sample E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4.17 ± 0.33 | 8.50 ± 1.53 | 18.72 ± 1.26 | 57.83 ± 7.45 |
2 | 0.09 ± 0.15 | 0.63 ± 0.37 | 2.98 ± 0.57 | 12.11 ± 2.43 |
4 | 0.17 ± 0.15 | 0.88 ± 0.43 | 3.35 ± 0.21 | 14.83 ± 0.86 |
8 | 0.20 ± 0.17 | 1.08 ± 0.51 | 3.52 ± 0.84 | 16.97 ± 1.45 |
24 | 0.60 ± 0.21 | 2.58 ± 0.93 | 8.01 ± 1.07 | 27.94 ± 3.67 |
48 | 0.20 ± 0.17 | 1.30 ± 0.67 | 4.30 ± 0.58 | 15.19 ± 3.56 |
72 | 0.11 ± 0.00 | 0.39 ± 0.19 | 1.72 ± 0.19 | 7.64 ± 1.83 |
144 | 0.00 | 0.26 ± 0.00 | 1.25 ± 0.21 | 5.07 ± 0.64 |
312 | 0.00 | 0.23 ± 0.00 | 1.34 ± 0.20 | 4.68 ± 0.19 |
480 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 ± 0.00 | 0.93 ± 0.17 |
648 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.26 ± 0.00 |
816 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |