Table 1.
Specific and total bacterial and fungal population before and after mat contact
| Organisms | Number of infected shoes | Maximum bacterial count | Total bacterial count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before (%) | After (%) | P Valuea | Before | After | Before (%) | After (%) | P valueb | |
| Coagulase negative Staphylococci. | 57 (95) | 36 (60) | <0.001* | 140 | 60 | 1515 (58.9) | 520 (62.6) | <0.001* |
| Gram positive Bacilli | 51 (85) | 30 (50) | <0.001* | 100 | 30 | 540 (20.9) | 170 (20.5) | <0.001* |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 32 (53) 16 (26.6) | <0.001* | 50 | 23 | 354 (13.7) | 126 (15.2) | <0.001* | |
| Aspergillus spp | 4 (6.6) | 2 (3.3) | 0.687 | 1 | 1 | 4 (1.5) | 2 (0.2) | 0.414 |
| Acinetobacter spp | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 0.250 | 43 | 0 | 82 (3.2) | 0 (0) | 0.109 |
| Pseudomonas spp | 3(6.7) | 3 (5) | 1 | 37 | 7 | 78 (3.0) | 12 (1.4) | 0.109 |
| Total | 60 (100) | 43 (71.6) | <0.001* | 154 | 77 | 2573 (100) | 830 (100) | <0.001* |
a
P value of McNemar Test
b
P value of Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test