Fig. 3From: Chronic suppurative otitis media causes macrophage-associated sensorineural hearing lossPA is not detected in CSOM cochlea. A IVIS revealed the presence of PA (red) in CSOM ears but not in the ears of control mice at 7 days. IVIS was performed with 15 mice for each group. B After the cochleae were dissected from the same mice in A, PA was not detected in the inner ears (absence of red) of control or either the infected ear (L) or non-infected ear (R). C RT-PCR for the PAO1 O-acetylase gene showed detection of PA in the CSOM middle ears at 1 days (1d M), 3 days (3d M), 7 days (7d M) and 14 days (14d M) but not in the CSOM cochleae at 1 days (1d C), 3 days (3d C), 7 days (7d C) 14 days (14d C) or control cochlea (control). There were 3 mice at each time point. GAPDH was used as housekeeping geneBack to article page