The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, cilt.88, sa.6, ss.1208-14, 2006 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Infection around an implanted orthopaedic device is a devastating complication, and the treatment of infections involving slime-forming bacteria is especially difficult. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a proteolytic enzyme, serratiopeptidase, in the eradication of a periprosthetic infection in an in vivo animal model.