Figure 5.

Prolongation of entrapment of streptococci within a clot upon treatment with LA and PA. Significantly fewer streptococci escape from a clot following treatment with LA or PA. (a) Streptococci harboring a cluster 2b type streptokinase were entrapped within a clot and treated with 60 µg/ml of either LA or PA or were left untreated. (b) Streptococci harboring a cluster 2a type streptokinase were entrapped within a clot and treated with 30 µg/ml of either LA or PA or were left untreated. cfu/ml in the supernatant were enumerated at 2 h and 4 h after treatment. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01. N = 2 for all experiments.