Antibacterial Modification of Kirschner Wires with Polyluteolin toward Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

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Jialiang Zhu¹  Yantao Zhao¹  Lin Yang¹  Shuxun Hou¹  Yanli Su²  Rungong Yang¹ 

[1] Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of the General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing 100048, China; E-Mails:;Department of Infection and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China

关键词: Kirschner wires;    antibacterial coatings;    polyluteolin;    steam sterilization;    MRSA;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ma8084876

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

In this study we report antibacterial modification of Kirschner wires (K-wires) with polyluteolin (PL) toward methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). K-wires were modified by immersing them in the luteolin-containing aqueous solution for 24 h. Characterizations using scanning electron microscopy and electrochemical methods confirmed the presence of the PL coatings on the K-wires. The PL-coated K-wires were further found to show antibacterial activity toward MRSA and remained unimpaired antibacterial activity even after the steam sterilization treatment.

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