Fig. 6.

C. albicans biofilm cell numbers on acrylic with and without hBD-3 surface pre-treatment. Surface treatment occurred prior to inoculation of acrylic with C. albicans (10⁶ cells/ml). Biofilms incubated for 24, 48, or 72 h at 37 °C. Cells were quantified with phase-contrast microscopy. Mean cell numbers and standard error are reported. There was no significant reduction in cell number at any time interval (p = 0.06 at 48 h and p = 0.09 at 72 h).