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Fig. 2

From: The role of the msaABCR operon in implant-associated chronic osteomyelitis in Staphylococcus aureus USA300 LAC

Fig. 2

Microbial count from bone and K-wires samples. Microbial enumeration from post-mortem bone samples (a-c) and K-wire samples (n = 5) were obtained to determine intraosseous bacterial survivability and biofilm formation on the K-wires (d-f) on days 4, 8, and 15 post-infection (left to right). The infected bone sample and K-wires were harvested after each infection period (days 4, 8, and 15). Error bars indicate standard errors of the means. The bacterial CFUs difference between the USA300 LAC and msaABCR mutant strains was analyzed using one-way ANOVA followed by a post-hoc Tukey test. A P-value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant (*p-value < 0.05, **p-value < 0.01, and ***p-value < 0.001)

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