Fig. 3.

Bacterial titers (in CFUs converted to log scale) in the marrow compartment and soft tissue of rats infected with vehicle control (PBS; noninfected control), MRSA, and A baumanni after 12 weeks are shown. Each data point represents the actual CFU value for each animal in each treatment group, whereas the horizontal bar indicates the mean CFU for each treatment group. All rats inoculated with MRSA tested positive for MRSA, whereas rats inoculated with A baumannii tested positive for other microorganisms as detailed in Table 1.