Fig. 6

Lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster after septic injury with Staphylococcus aureus. Drosophila surviving sepsis induced by Staphylococcus aureus and treated with linezolid had significantly shorter lifespan compared to sham and unmanipulated flies over the course of 60 days (*p < 0.0001). The food intake has not been measured in different groups; however, the weight of flies by 1 week was unchanged in between groups (Additional file 2: Figure S2). Sham and unmanipulated flies had a similar lifespan. The antibiotic-containing food had no impact on the survival of flies as compared to the regular food