Figure 2.
Time-course studies of the antibacterial effect of cefotaxim, nitrofurantoin and DETA/NO. Time-course study of cefotaxim, nitrofurantoin and DETA/NO on bacterial viability studied in (A) ESBL-producing isolate 1 and (B) ESBL-producing isolate 7 after exposure for 2, 4 and 8 h. Growth is shown as log CFU/ml of treated bacteria or controls (untreated) and compared to the initial starting inoculum. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 vs control.