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. 2020 Oct 29;17:325. doi: 10.1186/s12974-020-02006-w

Table 1.

Bacterial load during pneumococcal meningitis

Bacterial load (log CFU/ml)
Blood Spleen Cerebellum
WT 5.3 (4.5/6) 5.1 (4.6/5.6) 6.2 (5.6/7)
WT + Ac2-26 4.5 (3.5/6.3) 5 (3.5/7.7) 4.5 (3.3/5)**
Fpr1−/− 8 (6.7/9.9) 7 (7/8.7)### 9 (7.1/10.1)###
Fpr1−/− + Ac2-26 6.3 (6/7) 7.2 (6.3/7.5) 5.4 (5/7.5)**
Fpr2−/− 6 (5/7.5) 6 (5/7.2)# 6.9 (6/8.7)
Fpr2−/− + Ac2-26 5.3 (5/5.8) 5.3 (4.9/6.4) 6.2 (4/9)

Data are presented as median (25th/75th percentile). Note significantly increased bacterial loads in the spleen of infected Fpr1−/− or Fpr2/ mice and cerebellum of infected Fpr1−/− mice compared to infected WT mice (n ≥ 10 each group; Mann-Whitney U test; ###p = 0.0008 or p = 0.0001 for Fpr1−/− vs. WT; #p = 0.04 for Fpr2−/− vs. WT), and decreased bacterial loads in the cerebellum of infected WT or Fpr1−/− mice with Ac2-26 compared to infected WT or Fpr1−/− mice without Ac2-26 (n ≥ 10 each group; Mann-Whitney U test; **p = 0.004 for WT vs. WT + Ac2-26; p = 0.007 for Fpr1−/− vs. Fpr1−/− + Ac2-26) (CFU, colony-forming units; WT, wild type)