Figure 1. Diabetic mice show enhanced susceptibility to systemic S. aureus infection.

Age-matched nondiabetic (∓) and diabetic (ℓ) mice were challenged IP with 10⁸ CFU S. aureus PS80. Results of quantitative cultures are shown as mean ± SEM CFU/ml peritoneal fluid recovered from 3–13 mice per group. * indicates P<0.05 by the unpaired Student t test.