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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2016 Feb 23;44(3):181–187. doi: 10.1111/ceo.12644

Table 3.

Geometric means of PHMB MCC and Chlorhexidine MCC

Species Riboflavin
Concentration
(%)
Cationic
Antiseptic
Agent
MCC
(Geometrical Mean in
µg/mL)
P Value
UVA Treated Control
Acanthamoeba castellanii 0.05 Chlorhexidine 114.9 107.2 0.82
0.025 PHMB 153.6 157.4
0.05 200 181.7
0.1 186.1 179.6
Acanthamoeba polyphaga 0.05 82.5 86.6

PHMB = Polyhexamethylene biguanide; MCC = Minimum cysticidal concentration ; UVA = Ultraviolet A radiation; P-value computed using permutation test.