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. 2000 Mar;68(3):1692–1695. doi: 10.1128/iai.68.3.1692-1695.2000

FIG. 2.

FIG. 2

Mean scores of the blind examination of sections of tissue around SE and SEpvp in presence and absence of S. epidermidis. Each section was scored by three independent investigators for four of the six histological features characteristic for tissue reactions after implantation of a foreign body: infiltration (A), giant-cell formation (B), fibrosis (C), and encapsulation (D).