Figure 2

Spinal implant infection model. (A) Post-operative day 7 (POD 7) lateral XR revealing the position of the pin fixed within the spinous process in the lumbar spine and overlying bioluminescent signal of S. aureus Xen36. (B) Mean total bioluminescence represented as total flux (photons/sec) at each POD with error bars derived from Standard Error of the Mean for the Infected (n = 10) and Sterile (n = 5) cohorts. (C) Representative bioluminescence images of four mice from the Infected and Sterile Cohorts at post-operative day 7.