Figure 1

Bacterial and cell counts in mouse peritoneal fluid at early and late time points. A) E. coli counts in the peritoneal fluid of control (n = 5) and infected mice (n = 5) 1, 2 and 18 h after infection (B) Percentage of macrophages in peritoneal fluid of control (n = 9) and E. coli infected mice (n = 5) 1, 2 and 18 h post infection (C) Percentage of neutrophils in peritoneal fluid of control (n = 5) and E. coli infected mice (n = 5) 18 h post infection. The E. coli treated group was infected with 2 × 10⁸ cells of E. coli intraperitoneally. The control group received equivalent amount of PBS. The error bars indicate the standard error of mean. ***P < 0.01, *P < 0.05.