Figure 3. Peritoneal neutrophil recruitment is enhanced in parasitized mice following K. pneumoniae infection.

C57BL/6 (WT) and C57BL/6 mice infected 2 weeks earlier with N. brasiliensis (Nippo mice) were euthanized at baseline (A), 4 h (B) and 24 h (C) after i.p. injection of 150 CFU of K. pneumoniae and inflammatory cells were recovered by peritoneal lavage. Total cells were counted using a hemocytometer and differential cell counts were determined on cytospun cells stained with Diff-Quik. (n = 7–9 mice/group, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 for Nippo compared to unparasitized control mice).