TABLE 6.
Number of bactericidal antibiotic combinations effective against planktonically and biofilm-grown isolates
| Isolate | Mean no. of active combinations (maximum = 94)
|
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planktonic | Biofilm | ||
| S. epidermidis | 82.9 ± 6.6 | 47.8 ± 13.0 | <0.001 |
| MSSA | 93.2 ± 1.3 | 42.7 ± 15.2 | <0.001 |
| MRSA | 80.6 ± 7.8 | 44.7 ± 16.8 | <0.001 |