Research Article
A Pilot Randomized, Controlled Study of Nanocrystalline Silver, Manuka Honey, and Conventional Dressing in Healing Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Table 3
The presence of biofilm at different observation points among the three groups.
| Week | Biofilm | Treatment group | value | Significance | nAg () | MH () | Conventional () |
| 1 | Yes | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0.439 | NS | No | 5 | 4 | 7 | NA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Yes | 6 | 6 | 6 | >0.9999 | NS | No | 5 | 4 | 4 | NA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Yes | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0.477 | NS | No | 2 | 3 | 4 | NA | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Yes | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0.828 | NS | No | 4 | 3 | 4 | NA | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Yes | 4 | 4 | 3 | >0.9999 | NS | No | 5 | 5 | 6 | NA | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Yes | 2 | 3 | 2 | >0.9999 | NS | No | 5 | 4 | 4 | NA | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Yes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.879 | NS | No | 2 | 3 | 4 | NA | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 12 | Yes | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.271 | NS | No | 0 | 2 | 3 | NA | 9 | 5 | 4 |
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NS: not significant. NA: not available (DFU healed).
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