Figure 8.
Fungal burned in the liver and spleen of BALB/C female mice infected with the Sporothrix schenckii WT and mutant strains.
Notes: Mice were infected intraperitoneally with 5×106 yeast cells and after 15 days the liver (A) and spleen (B) were removed and homogenized to determine the CFUs. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, and ***P<0.001 when compared with the WT (1099-18 ATCC MYA 4821) strain.
Abbreviations: CFU, colony-forming unit; WT, wild type.