Silver-Containing Hydroxyapatite Coating Reduces Biofilm Formation by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus In Vitro and In Vivo

Figure 5

Box-and-whisker plots of BCRs of implants at 1, 3, and 7 days after bacterial infection. denotes significant differences () between the BCRs of HA and Ag-HA. Calculated BCRs after 1 day: HA 14.7% (5.4%–54.7%; 42 images) and 3% Ag-HA 7.6% (0.8%–28.2%; 42 images); after 3 days: HA 27.2% (10.4%–53.3%; 42 images) and 3% Ag-HA 13.6% (2.8%–33.0%; 42 images); and after 7 days: HA 28.8% (12.0%–61.3%; 56 images) and 3% Ag-HA 11.0% (2.3%–32.2%; 56 images).