Athymic nude mice had smaller lesions after cutaneous infection with <i>S. aureus</i>.

<p>(A) Athymic nude mice from the Balb/c background had smaller lesions, compared wild type Balb/c mice, after infection with <i>S. aureus</i>. (B) Athymic nude mice from the C57Bl/6 background had smaller lesions, compared with wild type C57Bl/6 mice, after infection with <i>S. aureus</i>. (C) Photographs of representative lesions from wild type and athymic nude mice from the Balb/c background. Bars represent 10 mm. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. * indicates p<0.01. N=8 mice/group.