Research Article
A Pilot Randomized, Controlled Study of Nanocrystalline Silver, Manuka Honey, and Conventional Dressing in Healing Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Table 4
Clinical signs of wound infection at different observation points among the three groups.
| Week | Infection status | Treatment group | value | Significance | nAg () | MH () | Conventional () |
| 1 | Yes | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0.296 | | No | 4 | 7 | 4 | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Yes | 10 | 6 | 9 | 0.262 | | No | 1 | 4 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Yes | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0.825 | | No | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Yes | 10 | 8 | 9 | 0.825 | | No | 1 | 2 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Yes | 8 | 8 | 9 | >0.9999 | | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Yes | 6 | 7 | 6 | >0.9999 | | No | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Yes | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0.496 | | No | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 12 | Yes | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0.150 | | No | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 9 | 5 | 4 |
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: not significant. : not available (DFU healed).
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