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Figure 3

From: Endotracheal tube biofilm translocation in the lateral Trendelenburg position

Figure 3

Confocal laser scanning micrograph of the internal surface of endotracheal tubes of animals mechanically ventilated for 24, 48, 48 hours with concomitant lung injury and 72 hours. The samples were stained with BacLight Live/Dead (magnification × 250). The white arrow indicates the endotracheal tube internal surface. Note in all pictures a fully mature biofilm adherent to the endotracheal tube.

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