Table 1. Bacterial strains imaged after i.m. injection.

Organism	Clinical significance
E. coli	Adult and infantile diarrhea, urinary tract infection, pneumonia, meningitis, and abscess
E. faecalis 49532	Nosocomial infection including vancomycin-resistant enterococci, urinary tract infection, endocarditis, abscess, and meningitis
S. pneumoniae 49619	Pneumonia, meningitis, sinusitis, osteomyelitis, and sepsis
S. aureus 29213 and 25293	Cellulitis, indwelling medical device infection, diabetic ulcer, postsurgical wounds, osteomyelitis, endocarditis, meningitis, mastitis, phlebitis, pneumonia, boils, furuncles, and impetigo
S. epidermidis F362	Endocarditis, cellulitis, urinary tract infection, and indwelling medical device infection

Representative infections in humans caused by bacteria used in this study.