Objective To systematically review the efficacy of long-acting antibacterial material in the prevention of secondary urinary infection. Methods PubMed, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, WanFang Data and VIP databases were electronically searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the efficacy of long-acting antibacterial material in the prevention of secondary urinary infection from inception to November, 2016. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies, then, meta-analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.3 software. Results A total of 16 RCTs were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that: the long-acting antibacterial material group was superior to the general intervention group in morbidity of secondary urinary infection (Peto OR=0.17, 95%CI 0.13 to 0.23, P<0.000 01), and bacterial positive rate of secondary urinary infection (Peto OR=0.15, 95%CI 0.08 to 0.27,P<0.000 01). Conclusion Current evidence shows that long-acting antibacterial material can effectively reduce the infection rates of secondary urinary infection. Due to limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high quality studies are needed to verify the above conclusion.
Objective To review the research progress of new antibacterial hydrogels in the treatment of infected wounds in the field of biomedicine, in order to provide new methods and ideas for clinical treatment of infected wounds. Methods The research literature on antibacterial hydrogels at home and abroad was extensively reviewed in recent years, and the antibacterial hydrogels for the treatment of infected wounds were classified and summarized. Results Antibacterial hydrogels can be divided into three categories: inherent antibacterial hydrogels, antibacterial agent release hydrogels, and environmental response antibacterial hydrogels. The advantages and disadvantages of antibacterial materials, antibacterial mechanism, antibacterial ability, and biocompatibility were discussed respectively. Inherent antibacterial hydrogels have the characteristics of wide source, low cost, and simple preparation, but their antibacterial ability is relatively weak. New antimicrobial substances are added to antibacterial agent release hydrogels, such as antimicrobial peptides, metal ions, graphene materials, etc., providing a new therapeutic strategy for alternative antibiotic therapy. On the basis of the antibacterial material, environmental promoting factors such as photothermal effect, pH value, and magnetic force are added to the environmental response antibacterial hydrogels, which synergically enhances the antibacterial ability of the hydrogel, improves the precise regulation function and bionic effect of the hydrogel. ConclusionThe selection of a variety of materials, the addition of a variety of antibacterial agents, and the effect of various promoting factors make composite hydrogels show multiple characteristics. The development of antibacterial hydrogels that can effectively address practical clinical applications remains a significant challenge. In the future, expanding the application range of antibacterial hydrogels, constructing drug-loaded hydrogels, and developing intelligent hydrogels are still new areas that need to be explored and studied.