Figure 3. Macrophage and neutrophil counts in broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) fluids (after intranasal inoculation of 109 CFU of S. aureus), and in peritoneal lavage (PL) fluids (after peritoneal injection of 5×107 CFU of S. aureus/g of mice.
Samples from C57BL/6 (B6J) and double SR-A/CD36 knockout (S/C-KO) were harvested 1.5 h and 3 h after infection. (R) and (S) stand for resistant and susceptible mice depending on the route of infection. All data acquired after 1.5 h are the mean of n = 5 mice, and all data acquired after 3 h are the mean of 10 mice. ** P<0.01 between wild type and deficient mice.