FIG. 2.
yjeQ deletion is compromised in a murine kidney abscess model. Two groups of mice were inoculated in the tail vein with 107 CFU. One group received S. aureus Newman (n = 9), while the other group was infected with the yjeQ deletion strain (n = 8). The data are the numbers of CFU recovered from the kidneys of mice at 5 days postinfection. Each circle represents the staphylococcal count for the kidneys of one animal, and the solid lines indicate the average numbers of CFU recovered. Statistical significance was determined using the Student unpaired t test, and differences were found to be highly significant (P < 0.001).