In vivo evaluation of the antibacterial properties of a poly-ε-lysine and hyaluronic acid coated intramedullary implant in a New Zealand White rabbit model

• Julia L. van Agtmaal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Research School CAPHRI, Maastricht, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3377-7399

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• Sanne W. G. van Hoogstraten,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Research School CAPHRI, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Noémie Reinert,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation AO Research Institute Davos, AO Foundation, Davos, Switzerland

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• Cynthia Calligaro,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SPARTHA Medical, Strasbourg, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1730-3695

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• Rajendra Kasinath,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation DePuy Synthes Biomaterials, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America

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• Claudia Zindl,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation AO Research Institute Davos, AO Foundation, Davos, Switzerland

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• Stephan Zeiter,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation AO Research Institute Davos, AO Foundation, Davos, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8155-4202

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• Nihal Engin Vrana,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SPARTHA Medical, Strasbourg, France

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• Tim J. M. Welting,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Research School CAPHRI, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Jacobus J. C. Arts

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: j.arts@mumc.nl

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Research School CAPHRI, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

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