Figure 5.
(A) Diagram of Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats 24 h after implant surgery. Five respective plate colony counting images are provided to show the amounts of bacteria on the surfaces of the implants. (B) Statistical analysis of the S. aureus colony counts on the surface of the titanium tablets in each group (mean ± sd; n = 6) ****p < 0.0001. (C) SEM images (×3 K) of the modified Ti surface cocultured with S. aureus biofilms. (D) HE-stained (×20) skin tissues around each group of samples after being cocultured with S. aureus in Sprague‒Dawley (SD) rats for 24 h.