Figure 5
Viability of Staphylococcus aureus in superabsorbent dressings. Superabsorbent wound dressings were inoculated with 1 * 107 CFU/ml of Staphylococcus aureus, over 7 days in triplicate. On 1 (a), 3 (b) and 7 (c) days of inoculation, dressings were lysed and stained with a bacterial viability kit, to determine viability via flow cytometry. The following dressings were tested: Gauze (G), ConvaMax Superabsorber (CS), 3M Kerramax Care Super-Absorbent Dressing (KCS), Kliniderm Superabsorbent (KLS), Mextra Superabsorbent (MS), Vliwasorb Pro (VP) and Zetuvit Plus (ZP). A broth control was included (B). Data are shown as mean (+ /− SEM). Figure produced in GraphPad Prism V8 and data were analysed using FlowJo V10.6.1.
