Figure 1
From: Is wet swab superior to dry swab as an intranasal screening test?
Comparison between the numbers of colonies obtained from nasal cavities, using a dry swab and a wet swab. A Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (n = 12), B methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (n = 23), C all bacteria (n = 141). The horizontal line expresses the average. Asterisk ‘*’ indicates the countless number of colonies was considered to be 10,000.