Table 2. Mean values of log10(CFU/mL) and standard deviation of the triple-species biofilm for each group evaluated.
| Groups | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-L- | C-L+ | N | C+L- | C+L+ | |||||
| not washed | washed | not washed | washed | not washed | washed | not washed | washed | ||
| Free CUR | |||||||||
| S. mutans | 6.59 (0.27)A | 5.18 (0.28) | 6.60 (0.15)A | 5.51 (0.10) | - | 6.53 (0.21)A | 5.26 (0.02) | 5.54 (0.57)B | 3.37 (0.62) |
| C. albicans | 6.03 (0.51)A | 5.09 (0.04) | 5.84 (0.39)A | 5.29 (0.10) | - | 5.67 (0.96)A | 5.17 (0.02) | 3.62 (2.00)B | 5.15 (0.07) |
| MRSA | 7.53 (0.39)A | 6.32 (0.13) | 7.23 (0.44)A | 6.56 (0.06) | - | 7.30 (0.32)A | 6.53 (0.03) | 6.63 (0.45)B | 5.25 (0.08) |
| Anionic CUR-NP | |||||||||
| S. mutans | 7.57 (0.23)A | 5.58 (0.23) | 7.43 (0.42)A | 5.47 (0.28) | 7.39 (0.11)A | 7.58 (0.25)A | 5.56 (0.26) | 7.48 (0.22)A | 4.59 (0.25) |
| C. albicans | 6.54 (0.19)ABC | 5.42 (0.15) | 6.64 (0.24)ABC | 5.50 (0.23) | 6.74 (0.12)B | 6.55 (0.13)ABC | 5.53 (0.11) | 6.49 (0.17)C | 5.40 (0.15) |
| MRSA | 7.77 (0.18)A | 6.63 (0.28) | 7.67 (0.19)A | 6.57 (0.14) | 7.73 (0.16)A | 7.64 (0.25)A | 6.52 (0.26) | 7.65 (0.14)A | 6.26 (0.41) |
| Cationic CUR-NP | |||||||||
| S. mutans | 7.72 (0.13)A | 5.82 (0.25) | 7.74 (0.16)A | 5.73 (0.38) | 3.23 (1.49)B | 2.67 (1.81)B | 4.19 (0.09) | 3.28 (1.01)B | 3.40 (0.23) |
| C. albicans | 6.61 (0.31)A | 5.34 (0.19) | 6.47 (0.26)A | 5.54 (0.16) | 5.35 (0.53)B | 4.29 (0.53)C | 4.16 (0.40) | 4.35 (0.53)C | 3.59 (0.15) |
| MRSA | 7.75 (0.27)A | 6.44 (0.17) | 7.81 (0.06)A | 6.62 (0.21) | 6.47 (0.26)B | 5.23 (1.01)C | 5.50 (0.28) | 3.54 (1.51)C | 5.24 (0.26) |
-: not evaluated; different letters denote significant difference (p<0.05) for non-washed samples; washed samples: n = 6 for anionic and cationic CUR-NP, and n = 3 for free CUR in each group (no statistical inference was performed).