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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2009 May 3;156(1):57–63. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.03.067

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Fig. 2

Effect of calcium on bacterial adhesion. Calcium-supplemented irrigation (shaded bars) decreased adhesion of S. aureus (A), P. aeruginosa (B), and E. coli (C) to fibroblast GD-25 cells and type I collagen compared with irrigation with HEPES-buffered water without calcium (open bars). All data are normalized to bacterial adhesion. (n=18, *p<0.0005)