Table 2.

Mean colony forming units per milliliter (CFU/ml) for each organism values are expressed as mean ± SD (range)

Groups (time of microwave exposure)	No. of samples	Staphylococcus aureus “S”	Candida albicans “Ca”	Pseudomonas aeruginosa “P”
Control “C” (not exposed)	15	1.38 × 105 ± 1.3 × 105 (4 × 104 − 4 × 105)	1.07 × 105 ± 1.2 × 105 (5 × 104 − 4 × 105)	1.15 × 105 ± 1.2 × 105 (5 × 104 − 4 × 105)
Group I (5 min)	15	7.6 × 103 ± 2.3 × 103 (5.2 × 103 − 15.0 × 103)	No growth	No growth
Group II (6 min)	15	4.6 × 103 ± 2.6 × 103 (0 –12.0 × 103)	No growth	No growth
Group III (7 min)	15	No growth	No growth	No growth