Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
From: In vivo bactericidal efficacy of the Ti6Al4V surface after ultraviolet C treatment
Time (h) | n | Femur log10 (CFU) | |||||
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\(\mathop {\overline{x} }\) Control | \(\mathop {\overline{x} }\) Exp | \(\mathop {\overline{x} }\) Control − \(\mathop {\overline{x} }\) Exp | Binomial exact differences (95 % CI) | P Wilcoxon test | |||
Low | Upp | ||||||
24 | 11 | 5.21 | 5.17 | 0.04 | −0.23 | 0.32 | 0.929 |
48 | 8 | 5.70 | 5.64 | 0.05 | −0.49 | 0.60 | 0.575 |
72 | 15 | 5.89 | 5.26 | 0.63 | 0.03 | 1.23 | 0.041 |