. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Mar 22.

Published in final edited form as: J Infect Chemother. 2004 Aug;10(4):193–199. doi: 10.1007/s10156-004-0319-1

Table 2.

Average amount of gentamicin (μg) accumulated in disks (n=6) atop biofilms of P. aeruginosa.

Power density	0 W/cm²			1.5 W/cm²			2.5 W/cm²
Exposure time	15 min	30 min	45 min	15 min	30 min	45 min	15 min	30 min	45 min
No Biofilm^*	0.94^†	1.70	1.38	1.35	2.38	2.37	1.74	2.81	3.25
13-hr biofilm	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.23	0.79	0.09	0.76	1.45
24-hr biofilm	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.20	0.34	0.00	0.22	0.80

The disk was place atop 2 filter membranes on the gentamicin plate with no biofilm present.

^†

The concentrations were determined by zones of inhibition.