Table 2.
Percentage of E. coli cells showing a fluorescence signal after treatment.
Stain | No treatment | Full plasma | UV | Plasma without UV |
---|---|---|---|---|
CTC-stain | 95.2% ± 1.8 | 19.3% ± 3.2 | n.d. | 74.1% ± 12.1 |
PI-stain | 0.7% ± 0.7 | 72.7% ± 12.4 | 98.6% ± 2.3 | 10.2% ± 6.4 |
n.d., no signal detected.