Figure 7

(A) Counting of the dislodged adhered bacteria after Ti and the coated wires rolling over SBA. (B) Amount of CFU in the wires surrounding femurs, quantified in pulverized bone from operated femur. (C) Histological observations of the implant/bone interface after 8 weeks of implantation in the infected rabbit model, where the tissues stained in red are the newly formed bone. (D) Percentage of bone-to-implant contact (BIC) and (E) pull-out force of the coated wires as well as Ti after 8 weeks of implantation. Data are presented as the means ± SD, n = 4. *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01 compared to Ti; ^†p < 0.05, ^††p < 0.01 and ^†††p < 0.001 compared to TiCP; ^§p < 0.05, ^§§p < 0.01 and ^§§§p < 0.001 compared to TiCP-F1; ^&p < 0.05 and ^&&p < 0.01 compared to TiCP-F6; ^##p < 0.01 compared to TiCP-F9.