Table 2 Comparative antibacterial effect and cytotoxicity of different nanoparticles and the standard triclosan coated suture (PDS PLUS).
From: Engineering surgical stitches to prevent bacterial infection
Suture | % Dead of Gram + a | % Dead Gram − b | % cells alive | Days of assay | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PDS II (no triclosan) | 8.7 ± 0.3 | 16.5 ± 0.1 | 97.5 ± 2.9 | 7 | This work |
CuO | 80.7 ± 2.8 | 80.8 ± 2.9 | 88.5 ± 2.7 | 7 | This work |
Cu | 81.9 ± 7.6 | 68.3 ± 2.7 | 70.2 ± 4.5 | 7 | This work |
Fe2O3 | 85.2 ± 0.9 | 89.4 ± 1.3 | 101.8 ± 2.3 | 7 | This work |
MgO | 27.8 ± 0.4 | 37.8 ± 2.8 | 95.5 ± 2.7 | 7 | This work |
ZnO | 79.4 ± 2.5 | 78.7 ± 3.6 | 85.7 ± 3.6 | 7 | This work |
TiO | 76.6 ± 0.7 | 69.6 ± 2.1 | 85.5 ± 1.6 | 7 | This work |
Silver NPs | 32.5% ± 0.6 | 35.5% ± 0.5 | 72.5 ± 8.5 | 7 | |
PDS-PLUS (Triclosan) | 99.9% | 90% | N/A | 17 |
