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 bacteriaTimes of X-ray exposureTotal n (%)
One n (%)Two n (%)Three n (%)

Staphylococcus aureus18 (85.7%)2 (9.5%)1 (4.8%)21 (100%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa1 (10%)8 (80%)1 (10%)10 (100%)
Escherichia coli6 (46.1%)7 (53.9%)13 (100%)
Klebsiella pneumoniae7 (100%)7 (100%)

value = <0.001 (very high significant). value = Fisher’s exact test with confidence interval of 99%.