Table 1 Mean bacterial count pre-versajet and post-versajet.
Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Swab CFUs/ml | Swab CFUs/ml | Swab CFUs/ml | Biopsy CFUs/ml | |
Specimen 1 (Staphylococcus aureus) | ||||
Pre-Versajet | 5.57 × 108 | 2.57 × 108 | 3.53 × 108 | 4.43 × 107 |
Post-Versajet | 9.03 × 108 | 7.97 × 106 | 2.65 × 107 | 2.13 × 106 |
Specimen 2 (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) | ||||
Pre-Versajet | 5.54 × 107 | 2.12 108 | 7.68 × 107 | 5.60 × 107 |
Post-Versajet | 5.38 × 107 | 3.17 × 108 | 3.07 × 108 | 8.20 × 106 |
Specimen 3 (Escherichia coli) | ||||
Pre-Versajet | 1.10 × 108 | 1.57 × 108 | 4.00 × 107 | 3.00 × 107 |
Post-Versajet | 3.20 × 106 | 6.47 × 106 | 5.20 × 106 | 5.67 × 106 |
Specimen 4 (Mixed wound organisms) | ||||
Pre-Versajet | 1.17 × 107 | 7.70 × 106 | 4.57 × 106 | 4.74 × 106 |
Post-Versajet | N/A | 2.43 × 106 | 1.73 × 106 | 4.07 × 106 |