Abscess size and colonization of catheters according to dose of three Staphylococcus epidermidis strains in inbred C57BL/6JCrl , outbred Crl:CD1(ICR), and inbred BALB/cAnNCrl mice^#.

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four 8–12 week old male mice per bacterial- dose and phenotype were used.

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CFUs: colony-forming unit,

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SEM: standard error of the mean,

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WT: wild type,

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hemB: hemB knock-out mutant with small-colony-variant phenotype,

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CM: complemented mutant of S. epidermidis hemB.

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Values with different superscripts within a row, assigned to the same infectious dose, and separated between abscess size and colonization vary significantly (p<0.05; Student's unpaired t-test).