The In Vitro Susceptibility of Biofilm Forming Medical Device Related Pathogens to Conventional Antibiotics

Figure 6

Log₁₀ graph showing kill kinetics and Log₁₀ planktonic viable counts (Log₁₀ CFU mL⁻¹) of P. aeruginosa (PAO1) (positive control: filled circles, full line) over a period of 24 hours of exposure to four times MIC value (mg L⁻¹) of active standard antimicrobials (rifampicin 125 mg L⁻¹: filled triangle, full line; gentamicin 4 mg L⁻¹: cross, dotted line; ciprofloxacin 1 mg L⁻¹: full circle, full line) based on five replicates.