%0 Figure %A R. Szelestey, Blake %A R. Heimlich, Derek %A K. Raffel, Forrest %A S. Justice, Sheryl %A M. Mason, Kevin %D 2013 %T Heme-iron status influences disease severity of NTHI. %U https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Heme_iron_status_influences_disease_severity_of_NTHI_/819993 %R 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003709.g007 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/1232912 %K influences %K severity %X

Middle ear pressure was measured by tympanometry (mean ± S.D.) on each day following transbullar introduction of heme-iron replete (black squares) or restricted (gray circles) NTHI (A). Histopathology was assessed by examination of hematoxylin and eosin stained thin sections of naïve (B) or infected middle ear bullae 7 days following introduction of heme-iron replete (C, D) or restricted (E, F) NTHI. Scale bar = 25 µm (B), 50 µm (F), 100 µm (C, D, E). Abbreviations = Bone (B), mucosa (M), biofilm (Bio). Arrows denote capillaries.

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