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Figure 7. Negative control seeded agar plates (containing no dressing). Confluent growth ofS. aureus (A) andP. aeruginosa (B) is observed.
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Figure 8. Observed effect of HF-Ag/ACD dressing on a S. aureus (A) and P. aeruginosa (C) simulated colonised wound surface after a 48-hour contact period. No bacterial growth was visually observed beneath the position where the dressing had been applied and similarly there was no observable evidence of S. aureus (B) or P. aeruginosa (D) growth upon the respectively removed HF-Ag/ACD dressings after the 48-hour contact period.
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organism. All DEA plates were incubated at 35°C (±3°C) for at least 24 hours before visual observation for bacterial growth or no growth.
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