Fig. 2. Comparison of genes regulated as measured by microarray and qRT-PCR.
The fold change of gene expression was derived by comparison of the gene expression at the onset of AOM due to Spn (AOM) with the pre-infection healthy stage (Preinf) in the same children with the same samples. The data from the 4 children are presented as a mean+/-SD. In all the genes studied there was no difference for the fold change between qRT-PCR and microarray (p>0.05).