Research Article

Bioinorganic Preparation of Hydroxyapatite and Rare Earth Substituted Hydroxyapatite for Biomaterials Applications

Table 4

Tukey’s multiple comparisons tests between gentamicin/nystatin, HA, and Nd-Ce/HA (NS means the probability is nonsignificant, means , and means ).

Type of sampleSummaryAdjusted -value

E. coli
Gentamicin vs. HA<0.0001
Gentamicin vs. Nd-Ce/HANS0.8064
HA vs. Nd-Ce/HA<0.0001

S. aureus
Gentamicin vs. HA0.0002
Gentamicin vs. Nd-Ce/HA<0.0001
HA vs. Nd-Ce/HA0.0454

S. mutans
Gentamicin vs. HA<0.0001
Gentamicin vs. Nd-Ce/HA<0.0001
HA vs. Nd-Ce/HA0.0020

S. epidermidis
Gentamicin vs. HA0.0372
Gentamicin vs. Nd-Ce/HANS0.9825
HA vs. Nd-Ce/HA0.0246

C. albicans
Nystatin vs. HA<0.0001
Nystatin vs. Nd-Ce/HA<0.0001
HA vs. Nd-Ce/HA<0.0001