FIG. 3.

Thrombocytopenia and anemia in rag2^−/− mice. Blood sampled from bacteremic rag2^−/− mice was used for flow cytometry-based measurement of platelets (A) and RBCs (B). Rapid initial reduction in the numbers of RBCs and platelets was followed by a recovery period in all 3 strains of mice examined. The minimum in the platelet numbers corresponded to the peak bacteremia at day 4. The minimum in the number of RBCs corresponded to the minimum bacterial loads following the initial peak of bacteremia.