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From: Virulence of Mycobacterium intracellulare clinical strains in a mouse model of lung infection – role of neutrophilic inflammation in disease severity

Fig. 3

Relationship between neutrophilic infiltration and the bacterial load in the lungs of mice infected with M. intracellulare strains. a Comparison of the percentage of neutrophils in the BALF among strains. The bars are shaded by the virulence phenotypes as closed bars (high virulence strains), line-shaded bars (intermediate virulence strains) and dot-shaded bars (low virulence strains). *: Significant difference following infection with M.i.198 at 4 weeks of infection, and following infection with M019 and M021 at 8 weeks of infection, compared with M.i.27, M001, ATCC13950, M003, and MOTT64. †: Significant difference following infection with M.i.198 at 8 and 16 weeks of infection compared with any other strains. b Plotted data of the percentages for the average neutrophil counts and the CFUs in the lungs of mice infected with M. intracellulare strains. Red circle: high virulence strains, Blue circle: intermediate virulence strains, Green circle: low virulence strains. The numbers after the letter “w “ following strain name indicate sampling weeks, i.e. M003w16 indicates the samples of M003 at 16 weeks of infection

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