TABLE 3.
Descriptive statistics on the planktonic growth of four bacterial species in AHS and nutrient broth medium after 5 days incubationa
| Species | Artificial human sweat |
Nutrient broth |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (log10 CFU/mL) | SD | Mean (log10 CFU/mL) | SD | |
| A. baumannii | 7.97 | 0.80 | 7.23 | 0.58 |
| S. aureus | 6.07 | 0.63 | 7.06 | 0.36 |
| E. faecalis | 6.75 | 0.27 | 7.14 | 0.58 |
| P. aeruginosa | 8.04 | 0.79 | 7.47 | 0.55 |
a
A statistical difference was observed between P. aeruginosa and, S. aureus, and E. faecalis (P = 0.0370 and P < 0.0001, respectively); and between A. baumannii and S. aureus (P = 0.0008). SD, standard deviation.