Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery

Cengiz Yilmaz, MD; Mehmet Colak, MD; Banu Coskun Yilmaz, MD

Gulden Ersoz, MD; Mzia Kutateladze, PhD; Mehmet Gozlugol, MD

Abstract
Background:  
Implant-related infections with bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics represent one of the major problems in orthopaedic surgery. It was our hypothesis that local application of bacteriophages, which are bacteria-destroying viruses, would be effective against biofilm-forming bacteria.