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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2012 Feb;255(2):386–393. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182331870

Figure 3. Effect of morphine administration on the intestinal retention of P. aeruginosa.

Figure 3

(A) Distribution of constitutive bioluminescent P. aeruginosa XEN41 following direct ileal inoculation by intestinal region at varying time points in mice implanted with placebo (P) or morphine (M) pellets. (B) Photon counts of P. aeruginosa XEN41 following 6, 9 and 14 hours after direct ileal inoculation by intestinal region in mice implanted with placebo (∘) or morphine (•) pellets. Data are expressed as mean ±SEM.