Research Article
The Novel Role of Healing from Bacterial Infections of Lower Limb Open Fractures by X-Ray Exposure
Table 5
Times of X-ray exposure required to kill four types of isolated bacteria by the study.
| Type of bacteria | Times of X-ray exposure | Total n (%) | One n (%) | Two n (%) | Three n (%) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 18 (85.7%) | 2 (9.5%) | 1 (4.8%) | 21 (100%) | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 (10%) | 8 (80%) | 1 (10%) | 10 (100%) | Escherichia coli | — | 6 (46.1%) | 7 (53.9%) | 13 (100%) | Klebsiella pneumoniae | — | 7 (100%) | — | 7 (100%) |
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value = <0.001 (very high significant). value = Fisher’s exact test with confidence interval of 99%. |