Antibacterial Effect of Hypochlorous Acid Solution on Nasal Discharge from Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Table 2
Bacteriology after contact with solution for five minutes.
Group
Standard
HOCl
NS
Alcohol
PVPI
Species
Number of isolates
Aerobic and facultative bacteria
Gram-positive
Coagulase-negative staphylococci
1
Staphylococcus aureus
7
8
6
3
Staphylococcus non-aureus
1
Streptococcus pneumoniae
1
1
1
Gram-negative
Haemophilus influenzae
2
2
3
2
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
2
2
2
2
Pseudomonas stutzeri
1
Citobacter koseri
2
Escherichia coli
1
1
Total aerobic and facultative bacteria
15
15
12
1
8
Anaerobic bacteria
Gram-positive
Propionibacterium acnes
1
1
1
1
Peptostreptococcus micra
2
Peptostreptococcus magnus
1
1
1
1
1
Gram-negative
Fusobacterium nucleatum
2
Anaerobic Gram-negative bacillus
1
Total anaerobic bacteria
2
2
2
1
7
Total bacterial isolates
17
17
14
2
15
: the stick was placed directly into a Thanswab tube; HOCl: the stick was placed into a glass tube containing hypochlorous acid solution; NS: normal saline; PVPI: povidone-iodine solution.
