TABLE I.

Lag Phase and Growth Rate of the Growth Curves of Survivals on Bone Cement Containing Ag Nanoparticles Capped with Oleic Acid

	Concentration of Ag Nanoparticles (%, w/w)	λ (h)	Growth Rate (h−1)
S. aureus	0	2.65 ± 0.10	2.10 ± 0.09
	0.01	2.48 ± 0.31	2.18 ± 0.18
	0.05	14.79 ± 1.54	0.85 ± 0.15
	0.1	> 24
MRSA	0	2.21 ± 0.28	2.41 ± 0.23
	0.01	2.38 ± 0.20	2.37 ± 0.21
	0.05	12.08 ± 1.78	0.81 ± 0.10
	0.1	> 24
S. epidermidis	0	3.42 ± 0.49	0.74 ± 0.03
	0.01	3.14 ± 0.10	0.66 ± 0.06
	0.05	4.91 ± 0.32	0.53 ± 0.06
	0.1	6.75 ± 0.33	0.28 ± 0.06
A. baumannii	0	2.93 ± 0.30	0.50 ± 0.08
	0.01	3.93 ± 0.47	0.57 ± 0.04
	0.05	4.20 ± 0.04	0.47 ± 0.02
	0.1	9.81 ± 0.43	0.55 ± 0.03

Mean ± standard deviation