Fig. 3From: Characterization of mucosa-associated Escherichia coli strains isolated from Crohn’s disease patients in BrazilSurvival and replication of E. coli strains within THP-1 cells. CTL, control subject samples; CD, CD patient samples. The statistical analysis was performed using a nonparametric Mann-Whitney test to determine if the value corresponding to the number of intracellular bacteria at 6 h post-infection was significantly higher than the value at 1 h post infection for each strain. * p < 0.05Back to article page