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Table 2 Percentage reductions in the Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus faecalis and Candida albicans DNA levels in mature mixed bacterial voice prosthesis biofilms by SSD (mean ± SD)

From: Effect of silver sulfadiazine on mature mixed bacterial biofilms on voice prostheses

Strains

Groups

5 µg/ml SSD

10 µg/ml SSD

15 µg/ml SSD

20 µg/ml SSD

30 µg/ml SSD

S. aureus

52.61 ± 36.02%

76.02 ± 20.48%

93.50 ± 2.98%

99.66 ± 0.32%

99.93 ± 0.05%

S. faecalis

58.93 ± 17.90%

87.51 ± 5.01%

99.10 ± 0.50%

99.78 ± 0.15%

99.91 ± 0.06%

C. albicans

21.25 ± 46.14%

74.10 ± 2.54%

92.68 ± 3.38%

95.89 ± 1.02%

97.34 ± 1.01%