Research Article
Insoles Treated with Bacteria-Killing Nanotechnology Bio-Kil Reduce Bacterial Burden in Diabetic Patients and Healthy Controls
Table 1
Bacterial counts in Bio-Kil socks and control socks in bacterial strain experiments.
| | Bacterial counts (5 × 105 CFU/cm2) | Bio-Kil socks (0 h) | Control socks (0 h) | Bio-Kil socks (8 h) | Control socks (8 h) | Bio-Kil socks (48 h) | Control socks (48 h) |
| | 15B253 (ESBL− E. coli) | 25 | 26 | 45 | 221 | 22 | 60 | | ATCC25922 (ESBL− E. coli) | 8 | 26 | 18 | 26 | 2.3 | 1.1 | | 15B254 (ESBLs+ E. coli) | 33 | 13 | 58 | 47 | 13 | 8.3 | | ATCC35218 (ESBLs− E. coli) | 35 | 44 | 44 | 30 | 0.06 | 14 | | 15B190 (MSSA) | 9 | 28 | 2.6 | 140 | 2 | 57 | | ATCC29213 (MSSA) | 36 | 41 | 0.79 | 14 | 0.23 | 28.4 | | 15B183 (MRSA) | 14 | 28 | 4.4 | 142 | 0.4 | 4.9 | | ATCC43300 (MRSA) | 59 | 68 | 4.8 | 132 | 0.3 | 34 |
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Bacterial counts were reduced in Bio-Kil socks compared to control socks. |
