The gut microbiota as a modulator of innate immunity during melioidosis (original) (raw)
Fig 3
Limited effect of antibiotic induced gut microbiota disruption on survival and organ damage.
Survival (A) and clinical observation score (B) of control (white dots) and antibiotic treated mice (grey dots) after intranasal inoculation with 150 CFU B. pseudomallei (n = 20 mice per group, depicted is the mean). No statistically significant differences were detected. Aspartate aminotranspherase (AST, C), alanine aminotranspherase (ALT, D), urea (E) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH, F) were measured in plasma after inoculation with 500 CFU B. pseudomallei as markers for liver-, renal- and general damage. Data are presented as box- and whisker plots showing the smallest observation, lower quartile, median, upper quartile and largest observation. White bars represent control mice, grey bars antibiotic treated mice. N = 5–6 samples per group. ND = not detectable.