Research Article
Enhancing Presurgical Infant Orthopedic Appliances: Characterization, Mechanics, and Biofilm Inhibition of a Novel Chlorhexidine-Halloysite Nanotube-Modified PMMA
Table 3
Inferential statistics of the biofilm inhibition test using Tukey’s test.
| | C. albicans | CHX-HNT CONC | Sig | S. aureus | CHX-HNT CONC | Sig | S. agalactiae | CHX-HNT CONC | Sig | S. pneumonia | CHX-HNT CONC | Sig |
| | Acrylic | CHX | 0.000 | Acrylic | CHX | 0.000 | Acrylic | CHX | 0.000 | Acrylic | CHX | 0.000 | | 1.00% | 0.000 | 1.00% | 0.001 | 1.00% | 0.013 | 1.00% | 0.000 | | 1.50% | 0.000 | 1.50% | 0.000 | 1.50% | 0.000 | 1.50% | 0.000 | | 3.00% | 0.000 | 3.00% | 0.000 | 3.00% | 0.000 | 3.00% | 0.000 | | 4.50% | 0.000 | 4.50% | 0.000 | 4.50% | 0.000 | 4.50% | 0.000 |
| | CHX | 1.00% | 0.000 | CHX | 1.00% | 0.000 | CHX | 1.00% | 0.000 | CHX | 1.00% | 0.000 | | 1.50% | 0.000 | 1.50% | 0.000 | 1.50% | 0.000 | 1.50% | 0.000 | | 3.00% | 0.805 | 3.00% | 0.000 | 3.00% | 0.000 | 3.00% | 0.530 | | 4.50% | 0.045 | 4.50% | 0.004 | 4.50% | 1.000 | 4.50% | 1.000 |
| | CHX-HNT 1% | 1.50% | 0.435 | CHX-HNT 1% | 1.50% | 0.000 | CHX-HNT 1% | 1.50% | 0.000 | CHX-HNT 1% | 1.50% | 0.000 | | 3.00% | 0.000 | 3.00% | 0.000 | 3.00% | 0.000 | 3.00% | 0.000 | | 4.50% | 0.000 | 4.50% | 0.000 | 4.50% | 0.000 | 4.50% | 0.000 |
| | CHX-HNT 1.5% | 3.00% | 0.000 | CHX-HNT 1.5% | 3.00% | 0.000 | CHX-HNT 1.5% | 3.00% | 0.000 | CHX-HNT 1.5% | 3.00% | 0.000 | | 4.50% | 0.000 | 4.50% | 0.000 | 4.50% | 0.000 | 4.50% | 0.000 |
| | CHX-HNT 3% | 4.50% | 0.002 | CHX-HNT 3% | 4.50% | 0.000 | CHX-HNT 3% | 4.50% | 0.000 | CHX-HNT 3% | 4.50% | 0.671 |
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