. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2017 May 8;219:5–10. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2017.05.003

Table 1.

Bacterial counts from all infected animals in this study.

Animal number	Unmodified meshes (CFU)	Drug-delivery meshes (CFU)
Control 1	200,334
Control 2	84,875
Control 3	84,004
Control 4	567,362
Experimental 1		300^*
Experimental 2		300^*
Experimental 3		300^*
Experimental 4		300^*
Experimental 5		300^*
Experimental 6		300^*
Average	2.34×10⁴	300^*

The four control animals receiving a standard, unmodified mesh showed extensive infection at the study end point (30 d), with an average of 2.34 × 10⁴ CFU. The six experimental animals receiving antibiotic delivery meshes all showed no surviving bacteria. Even though no bacteria were detected, as per microbiological standards, all conditions are set at 300 CFU, which is the minimum detectable units for these experimental conditions.

Samples with 0 colonies were set to the minimum detectable unit of 300 CFU.