The paper of Rasyid et al. (2009) in this issue of Acta Ortho-paedica addresses a problem that is important for those who treat bone and joint infections in developing countries, but increasingly also in so-called western countries. The paper is interesting and helpful for all surgeons who have to make antibiotic-loaded beads and spacers by themselves. This is necessary when commercially produced bone cement and beads are not available, or when the antibiotic in the PMMA is not effective due to resistance of the causative bacteria. The paper is based on a recent thesis from the research group of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Groningen, and is part of a series of publications about basic and clinical research on antibiotic-loaded cement and other biomaterials (Belt van de 2001, Hendriks 2003, Neut 2003, Ensing 2006, Engelsman 2009, Rasyid 2009).
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机译：Rasyid等人的论文。 （2009年）在《 Acta Ortho-paedica》一书中解决了一个问题，该问题对那些在发展中国家治疗骨和关节感染的人很重要，但在所谓的西方国家也越来越多。这篇论文对所有必须自己制作载有抗生素的珠子和垫片的外科医生来说都非常有趣和有用。当没有商业生产的骨水泥和珠子时，或者当PMMA中的抗生素由于病原菌的抗性而无效时，这是必需的。该论文基于格罗宁根大学生物医学工程系研究小组的最新论文，是有关载有抗生素的水泥和其他生物材料的基础和临床研究的一系列出版物的一部分（Belt van de 2001 ，Hendriks 2003，Neut 2003，Ensing 2006，Engelsman 2009，Rasyid 2009）。
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