| | HLR-S | BA | SMM | TYCSB |
P
|
|---|
Control | - | - | - | - | |
Mixed strainsg
| ++ | +++ | + | +++ | |
Dental plaqueh
| + | +++ | - | +++ | |
Carious focii
| + | ++ | + | ++ | |
S. mutans
a
| +++ | +++ | - | +++ | 0.027j
|
S. sanguis
b
| - | +++ | + | ++ | 0.031k
|
S. aureus
c
| - | +++ | ++ | +++ | 0.025l
|
S. pyogenes
d
| - | ++ | - | + | 0.017ł
|
H. influeznae
e
| - | - | - | - | |
S. pneumoniae
f
| - | +++ | - | - | 0.006m
|
- HLR-S: the modified medium of Ritz; BA: bacitracin agar; TYCSB: trypticase-yeast extract-cysteine sucrose-bacitracin agar.
- - no growth of bacteria.
- + 3 × 102 CFU/ml.
- ++ 2 × 103 CFU/ml.
- +++ > 3 × 104 CFU/ml.
-
areference strain ATCC 700610.
-
b, d, e, fclinical strains.
-
creference strain ATCC 259232.
-
gContains: S. mutans, S. sanguis, S. aureus, S. pyogens, S. pneumonia, H. influenzae in phosphate buffered saline (0.5 McFarland each).
-
hAveraged from 20 samples.
-
iAveraged from 20 samples.
-
jBy the parametric Student-t test for independent samples.
-
kBy the parametric Student-t test for independent samples.
-
lBy the nonparametric Mann–Whitney U test for independent samples.
-
łBy the parametric Student-t test for independent samples.
-
m By the parametric Student-t test for independent samples.
