Figure 5
Effect of S. aureus clinical strains (initial and relapse) on the trabecular bone in vivo after 14 days of infection. A prolonged infection was performed for 14 days with the same conditions as in Fig. 1 (PBS, n = 3; Initial, n = 7; Relapse, n = 6). After microtomography and 3D reconstruction, the following parameters were quantified: bone mineral content in mg (A), bone mineral density in mg/cm3 (B), trabeculae number in the ROI (C), space between the trabeculae in pixels (D) and trabecular bone thickness in pixels (E). ** and **** mean P < 0.01 and P < 0.0001 respectively.
