Hyperglycemia Inhibits Complement-Mediated Immunological Control of S. aureus in a Rat Model of Peritonitis

Figure 6

Neutrophil phagocytosis and S. aureus survival in the peritoneum. (a) Percent of neutrophils phagocytizing bacteria in peritoneal wash fluid assayed by fluorescence microscopy of acridine orange and crystal violet stained cytospin slides. (b) Bacteria phagocytized per 100 neutrophils in peritoneal wash fluid assayed by fluorescence microscopy of acridine orange and crystal violet stained cytospin slides. (c) S. aureus survival assayed by colony counting of peritoneal wash samples. Graphed data shows means of results for peritoneal samples from the animals in each treatment group. Error bars denote standard error of the means.

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