Fig. 2. In vivo anti-infection and S. aureus-infected wound healing. (A) Schematic illustration of the in vivo wound healing experiment procedure in the full-thickness skin defect model. (B) Representative skin wound images at day 0, 3, 7, and 14. Inner diameter of the black ring: 9 mm. (C) Wound contraction evaluation. (D) Images of S. aureus colonies growing on the agar plates derived from the infected tissues after various treatments at day 3, 7, and 14. (E) Total bacterial CFU (log) on the TSA agar plates. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
