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.