What is the effective log reduction of bacterial growth to indicate an infection has healed?

Yan Yan @Yan_Yan20

01 January 2014 1 9K Report

How much log growth of S. epidermidis a drug needs to reduce to cause an effectiveness in wound/infection healing?

J.-M. Kabinda

Here are some explanations found in the literature in French: A logarithmic reduction> 3 (corresponding to the death

> 99.99% of the bacteria inoculum) indicates that an agent is

bactericidal rather than bacteriostatic. Log reduction

> 1 but

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