FIG 5.

Gentamicin- and gallium-induced growth inhibition of LVS in livers and spleens of mice. Starting at 24 h after inoculation of bacteria, mice were given daily intraperitoneal injections of either PBS (300 μl/mouse), gentamicin (0.2 mg/mouse), gallium (0.6 mg/mouse), or both gentamicin and gallium. In addition, mice receiving gallium were given one dose at 6 h after inoculation. The bacterial numbers in spleens and livers were determined on day 4. The box plots represent bacterial numbers from two experiments (n = 10). The circles and asterisks represent mild and extreme outliers, respectively, as determined by SPSS. The numbers next to the circles and asterisks represent arbitrary designations for the individual values.