Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection Model

Figure 3

The abundance of elastase significantly differed between the two groups at days 2, 4, 6, and 8 (). In the control group, the abundance of elastase significantly increased at days 2 ( versus day 0), 4 ( versus day 0), 6 ( versus day 0), and 8 ( versus day 0). In the NPWT group, the abundance of elastase significantly increased at days 2 ( versus day 0), 4 ( versus day 0), 6 ( versus day 0), and 8 ( versus day 0) as compared with day 0. The abundance of elastase significantly decreased at day 8 ( versus days 2, 4, and 6). , , and . Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (). NPWT, negative-pressure wound therapy.