Background
We evaluated and compared the efficacy of ozone (O3) and hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapies in an experimental rat model of osteomyelitis.
Materials and Methods
Forty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into sham, osteomyelitis (control),
vancomycin (V), vancomycin + HBO (VHB), vancomycin + O3 (VO), and vancomycin + HBO + O3 (VOHB) groups. Osteomyelitis was induced by a bone injection of 108 CFU/mL methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. HBO was administered daily at 2.8-atm pressure for 90 min; O3 therapy was provided as intraperitoneal injections of 0.7 mg/kg O3/O2 gas mixture once daily. Treatments were continued from d 7 to 21 after induction
of osteomyelitis. Bone tissues and blood samples were harvested for biochemical, histopathologic,
and microbiologic analyses.
Results
Rats in the sham, VO, and VOHB groups gained weight but those in the control, V, and
VHB groups did not. Levels of malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione
peroxidase were lower in the VHB, VO, and VOHB groups than in V and control groups.
Levels of interleukin-10 and -1β and tumor necrosis factor-α were decreased in the
VHB, VO, and VOHB groups; transforming growth factor-β was increased in these groups
compared with V and control groups (P ≤ 0.001). Bacteria counts in VOHB were significantly lower than those in group of
V (P = 0.012). Histopathologic scores in group VO were significantly lower than those
in group V (P = 0.046).
Conclusions
O3 was as effective as HBO in decreasing oxidative parameters and inflammatory cytokines.
Rats in the VO and VOHB groups gained more weight than did the other groups. Bacteria
counts were significantly decreased in group VOHB compared with the other groups.
Histopathologic scores in group VO were significantly decreased compared with the
other groups.
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Publication history
Published online: July 18, 2011
Accepted:
April 26,
2011
Received:
August 30,
2010
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