Figure 3: Correlation between the amount of NTHi protein D genesin MEEs and the improvement of tympanic membraneabnormalities at 2nd visit. Open circle: NTHi-negative byconventional culture (n=9), Closed circle: NTHi-positive byconventional culture (n=9, # 3 cases overlapped with a similarvalue.), Open square: S. pneumoniae-positive, NTHi-negative byconventional culture (n=2).