Table of Contents

Abstract
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
2.1 Media, Staphylococcus aureus strains, and turf materials
2.2 MRSA recovery from infill and turf fiber materials
2.3 Infill materials toxicity to MRSA
2.4 Scanning Electron Microscopy
2.5 Infill pH determination
2.6 Data Analysis
3 Results
3.1 Availability of MRSA on Infill Materials
3.1.1 Availability of MRSA from individual infill materials
3.1.2 Availability of MRSA among and within infill groups
3.2 Availability of MRSA on Turf Fiber Materials
3.2.1 Availability of MRSA from individual turf fiber materials
3.2.2 Availability of MRSA from general turf fiber groups
3.3 Comparing MRSA availability on infill and turf fibers
3.4 Toxicity of Infill Materials
3.4.1 Toxicity of Infill Groups
3.5 Scanning Electron Microscopy of infill after MRSA inoculation
3.6 pH determination of infill materials
4 Discussion
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