Fig. 7. Kunming mice were injected intraperitoneally with E. coli BL21 cells harboring ImiS. Groups of mice were treated with a single dose of meropenem (10 mg kg^–1), inhibitor 2g (10 mg kg^–1), a combination of meropenem (10 mg kg^–1) and 2g (10 mg kg^–1), and PBS buffer (as control) by intraperitoneal injection. The bacterial loads in the spleen (A) and liver (B) were determined by selective plating.