Table 5.

Average number of sessile organisms (after 48 h – mature biofilm) among the ten selected Candida isolates (CFU/disk) before and after treatment.

Sample No	Untreated disks (gp1)	Treated with FLC(gp 2)		Treated with VOC (gp 3)		Treated with AMB (gp 4)		Treated with FLU/AMB (gp 5)		Treated with VOC/AMB (gp 6)
	After 48 h	1 h	24 h	1 h	24 h	1 h⁎	24 h⁎,a	1 h⁎	24 h⁎⁎,a	1 h⁎⁎,a	24 h⁎⁎,a
5	3.3 ± 0.3	3 ± 0.3	3 ± 0.6	3 ± 0.5	2.1 ± 0.3	1.2 ± 0.6	1 ± 0.5	1.3 ± 0.3	1.2 ± 0.6	1 ± 0.5	1 ± 0.9
2	3.6 ± 0.4	3.6 ± 0.5	3.5 ± 0.4	3.2 ± 0.7	3.1 ± 0.4	1.6 ± 0.3	1.3 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.5	1.3 ± 0.7	1.5 ± 0.3
36	3.6 ± 0.5	3.3 ± 0.4	3.3 ± 0.3	3 ± 0.3	3.1 ± 0.6	1.5 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.4	1.6 ± 0.3	1.2 ± 0.6	1.4 ± 0.7	1 ± 0.5
4	3.8 ± 0.6	3.5 ± 0.3	3.5 ± 0.4	3.3 ± 0.2	3 ± 0.4	1.7 ± 0.4	1.5 ± 0.2	1.7 ± 0.2	1.3 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.3
15	4.2 ± 0.9	4.1 ± 0.7	4 ± 0.4	3.9 ± 0.5	3.5 ± 0.4	2.1 ± 0.6	2 ± 0.9	2 ± 0.4	1.8 ± 0.4	2 ± 0.4	1.7 ± 0.4
6	5 ± 0.3	5 ± 0.3	4.6 ± 0.7	5 ± 0.2	4.5 ± 0.4	3.2 ± 0.4	3 ± 0.7	3.2 ± 0.4	3.1 ± 0.4	2.8 ± 0.7	2.9 ± 0.5
27	5.4 ± 0.3	5.3 ± 0.4	5.1 ± 0.4	5.1 ± 0.3	5 ± 0.6	3.4 ± 0.4	3.2 ± 0.4	3.4 ± 0.6	3 ± 0.4	3.2 ± 0.7	2.8 ± 0.3
18	6.3 ± 0.4	6.1 ± 0.3	6 ± 0.7	6 ± 0.2	5.8 ± 0.2	4.5 ± 0.5	4.3 ± 0.3	4.5 ± 0.4	4.3 ± 0.9	4.2 ± 0.4	4.1 ± 0.9
9	6.5 ± 0.3	6.4 ± 0.4	6.4 ± 0.4	6 ± 0.3	6.2 ± 0.4	4.8 ± 0.2	4.5 ± 0.4	4.2 ± 0.6	4 ± 0.2	4.2 ± 0.2	4 ± 0.7
10	6.5 ± 0.4	6.3 ± 0.2	6.2 ± 0.4	6 ± 0.6	5 ± 0.4	4 ± 0.2	3.8 ± 0.4	4 ± 0.7	3.5 ± 0.6	4.2 ± 0.4	3.8 ± 0.4

Statistically significant difference in settling organism’s CFU between untreated and treated biofilms.

Statistically significant difference in settling organism’s CFU between treated biofilms and FLC treated disks.

^⁎P ⩽ 0.05 compared with untreated controls.

^⁎⁎P ⩽ 0.01 compared with untreated controls.

^aP ⩽ 0.05 compared with fluconazole treated disks in similar time periods.