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The pharmacokinetic limitations of drug delivery to this compartment of bone render this infection resistant to standard-of-care antibiotics. Bone-targeted bisphosphonate-conjugated antibiotics have been developed to overcome this issue, and hydroxybisphosphonate-conjugated sitafloxacin (HBCS) has emerged as a leading therapeutic candidate based on safety and efficacy results in mice and sheep. However, potential concerns about its adverse effects on skeletal growth and bone healing remain. To address this, we assessed HBCS effects vs placebo, zoledronic acid (ZA) positive control known to inhibit osteoclasts and increase fracture callus and growth plate bone volume, and hydroxy-phenyl-ethane-hydroxy-bisphosphonate (HPHBP), the bisphosphonate component of HBCS, using a murine closed femur fracture model, and on intramembranous and endochondral ossification in the proximal tibia of 12-wk-old mice. 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