| abstract |
Kind Code: A1 A silk fibroin-based composition comprising one or more antibiotic agents for the prevention or treatment of microbial contamination, a method for making an antibiotic-containing silk scaffold, and stabilizing an antibiotic in a silk scaffold. Methods and methods for preventing or treating microbial contamination using antibiotic-containing compositions. A composition comprising antibiotic loaded silk fibroin microspheres embedded in a three-dimensional silk fibroin scaffold, wherein the scaffold is a sponge, film, slab, powder, electrospun mat, The composition is a porous matrix, microsphere, gel, optical device, or electronic device. [Selection] Figure 1 |