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. 2010 May 20;5(5):e10734. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010734

Figure 6. Primary ABU associated GPs lower innate immune response to therapeutic inoculation of UTI prone patients.

Figure 6

(A) Patients (n = 15) were subjected to therapeutic intravesical inoculation with the prototype ABU strain E. coli 83972. The innate host response was quantified as the neutrophil numbers (B), IL-8 (C) and IL-6 (D) concentrations in urine at various times after inoculation. The response of patients with the ABU associated GPs (VI, VII, X, XIII) was compared to the most common and not UTI associated GPIV. Patients with the ABU associated GPs showed decreased responses compared to the GPIV controls. Pat.  =  Individual patient number. N = number of samples from each patient.