Figure 7. The microbicidal function of BAL cells from bacterial pneumonia patients is enhanced by ABLs.
Bronchoalveolar lavage cells, from 6 patients with bacterial pneumonia, were treated for 18 hours with the indicated ABLs. Intracellular bacterial growth was evaluated by CFU. The number above each column indicates the percentage of killing is indicated above each column and was calculated by using the following formula: (1- CFU sample treated with ABLs/CFU untreated control) x100. The results are shown as mean ± standard deviation of the values obtained from the triplicate of each condition. ○p < 0.05, ●p < 0.001, and *p < 0.0001 in comparison with untreated cells by one sided Student’s t test.