Table 3: Mean number of colony forming units (CFU) of the most frequently isolated organisms from swab samples at baseline (t0) and at the end of treatment schedule (t1).

Organism Baseline (t0) End of treatment (t1)
3-Day Moxifloxacin Mean CFU (aSD) n = 30 1-Hour Moxifloxacin Mean CFU (SD) N = 30 bP 3-Day Moxifloxacin Mean CFU (SD) n = 30 1-Hour Moxifloxacin Mean CFU (SD) n = 30 bP
Staphylococcus epidermidis 25 (92.47) 38.0 (149.10) 0.448 0.52 (0.79) 5 (8.27) 0.002
Corynebacterium species 6 (29.66) 0.24 (0.79) 0.264 0 0.03 (0.17) 0.317
Staphylococcus aureus 0.14 (0.58) 0.24 (0.64) 0.268 0.1 (0.31) 0.62 (1.50) 0.13

a = Standard deviation; b = Mann-Whitney U.