Lysozyme M deficiency leads to an increased susceptibility to Streptococcus pneumoniae-induced otitis media

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Distribution of lysozyme-positive cells in the E-tube epithelium.

	Distribution of lysozyme-positive cells (%)*
Mouse	Pharyngeal orifice	Middle portion	Tympanic orifice
Wild type	37.8 ± 22.0	39.0 ± 5.8	45.4 ± 2.5
Lysozyme M^-/-	0	2.6 ± 2.3	0.5 ± 0.9
	(p < 0.05)	(p < 0.01)	(p < 0.01)

*: The number of lysozyme-positive cells was divided by total number of non-ciliated epithelial cells. Values are given as the mean ± standard deviation (n = 3).

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