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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Mar;82(3):557–565. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001338

Figure 4. Iron plays a critical role in A. baumannii wound infection.

Figure 4

(A), Images of wounds on POD7 in three treatment groups of mice. Black arrow denotes an abscess. (B), Percent of animals with gross wound infection in each group (n=30/group, *p<0.0001). AB (A. baumannii), Injury (muscle injury), Isch (muscle ischemia), WT (wild type), ΔBasD (A. baumannii mutant deficient in scavenging iron).