Fig. 2
Heatmap depicting the mean delta Ct (ΔCt) values of antimicrobial resistance and host inflammatory gene expressions from patient sinus swab samples in this study. Elevated expressions of genes, and therefore lower ΔCt values are noted in blue colours, and lower expressions of genes are noted in red. Mean ΔCt values were obtained by calculating the differences between endogenous control genes (18S, GAPDH, HPRT1) and genes of interest. Only those genes which were detected in at least one sample are shown. Samples with no gene expression are shaded in grey. All patient baseline samples and P04 left and right samples 7 months after baseline were excluded from gene expression analyses. Mean_DCt = mean ΔCt, P = Patient, L = left middle meatus, R = right middle meatus. Months from baseline samples are shown preceding sample side L/R