Figure 2.

Bacterial load found after 72‐hour continuous exposure to a single application of antimicrobial and moisture dressings on mature 3‐day PAO1 biofilm cultured on 12‐mm porcine explants (after 24‐hour pre‐treatment with antibiotics prior to exposure to dressings). The data is reported as CFU/ml found in the bacterial suspension after sonication of each explant in 7 ml phosphate‐buffered saline (PBS) with 5 µl/l Tween‐80. Top blue box: non‐antimicrobial treatments; middle red box: iodine treatment and bottom black box: silver treatment.