FIG. 4.

Deoxycholate susceptibility of conidia reisolated from MDMs. MDMs and conidia were incubated for the indicated times (x axis). Then, the conidia were reisolated from cells by either deoxycholate (□) or SLO (■) lysis and colony counts were determined. Killing rates are expressed as relative KI, with a value of 1 corresponding to 100% killing. Killing rates rose to approximately 90% within 12 h when deoxycholate was used. After SLO lysis significantly lower killing rates of 16% (12 h) and 27% (24 h) were detected (P = 0.02). Values are means ± standard errors of the means of three independent experiments.