The Visualization of Biofilms in Chronic Diabetic Foot Wounds Using Routine Diagnostic Microscopy Methods

Table 1

Differential viable counts of selected bacterial groups from the four imaged samples.

Sample	Total:
	Aerobic count	Anaerobic count	Staphylococci	Coliforms	Streptococci
1	10.31	9.07	8.93	ND	7.73
2	10.46	10.49	5.93	ND	10.40
3	7.28	7.33	7.24	ND	ND
4	8.39	8.36	ND	8.49	ND
Mean*(𝑛=26)	8.15 (1.30)	7.87 (1.72)	7.09 (1.77)	3.20 (4.27)	3.37 (3.90)

Values are log₁₀CFU/g. Samples 1–4 correspond to the numbered imaged samples in Figures 2–5. *refers to mean values from the 26 samples for which full data is presented in Figure 1 (standard deviations are given in parentheses). Pseudomonas  was not detected in samples 1–4 and was only detected in one of the 26 samples (at 4.7 log₁₀,CFU/g).