Fig. 1

The growth of S. aureus TR145 in absence or presence of human tonsillar epithelial cells. The results are presented as log10 CFU/ml from three independent experiments. The different colors show the S. aureus grown at different time points (1 and 3 h) either alone or together with tonsillar cells. Paired-t test was performed separately for two different time points to compare growth of S. aureus only with S. aureus mixed with tonsillar cells. At 1 h of exposure, there was no significant (ns) difference between S. aureus alone and S. aureus with tonsillar cells. Whereas, at 3 h of exposure, significantly difference (p < 0.005, *) was observed