Table 2.
The S. aureus capsule promotes virulence in mouse models of S. aureus s.c. abscess formation and surgical wound infection
| Inoculum, log10 cfu/mouse | Subcutaneous abscess |
Wound infection |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Log10 cfu of S. aureus per abscess |
P | Log10 cfu of S. aureus per g of tissue |
P | |||
| PS80 | RMS-1 (acapsular) | PS80 | RMS-1 (acapsular) | |||
| 3 | 6.29 ± 0.4 (n = 6) | 4.92 ± 0.41 (n = 6) | 0.049 | 7.01 ± 0.19 (n = 17) | 6.06 ± 0.34 (n = 20) | 0.021 |
| 2 | 3.7 ± 0.63 (n = 12) | 2.13 ± 0.51 (n = 14) | 0.070 | 6.36 ± 0.45 (n = 14) | 4.84 ± 0.52 (n = 28) | 0.013 |
Results are presented as mean ± SEM.