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. 2018 Sep 5;13(9):e0202703. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202703

Fig 3. Prevention of bacterial colonization on suture fragments after NTAP treatment.

Fig 3

(A) Growth of S. aureus and E. coli was observed around the untreated and antimicrobial ALCALACTINE suture samples while no bacterial growth was observed around the 7-minute NTAP treated suture samples on TSA plates. Sutures on the left sides of petri dishes are untreated (control suture) and sutures on the right sides of petri dishes are NTAP treated samples. (B) Logarithmic growth of S. aureus per cm suture fragment of control and 3-minute NTAP treated sutures. (C) Logarithmic growth of E. coli per cm suture fragment of control and 3-minute NTAP treated sutures. Note that around 3-log growth of S. aureus and E. coli was observed on untreated suture samples while no growth was observed on 7-minute NTAP treated suture samples.