Figure A5.

Representative histopathologic analysis of thigh muscular tissue at Day 3 and 5 post-inoculations with either (A) E. coli or (B) S. aureus. All the lesions induced by E. coli or S. aureus were identical and presented with moderate infiltration of neutrophils, macrophages, and lymphocytes (areas marked Infiltr *) within the adipose and striated muscle (StM). The corresponding Gram-stained sections of (C) E. coli or (D) S. aureus post-inoculation in thigh muscular tissue at Days 3 and 5 are shown with no visualization of representative bacterial strains.