TABLE 3.
Characteristics of M. avium complex infection in immunosuppressed rats as a dual infection with P. carinii and as a triple infection with P. carinii and T. gondii
| Infection and duration (wk) of immunosuppression | No. of rats |
M. avium complex count (log10)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleural fluid | Lung | Spleen | Liver | Blood | ||
| M. avium and P. carinii infection | ||||||
| 5 | 10 | 5.0 ± 0.3 | 6.5 ± 0.4 | 6.1 ± 0.2 | 1.6 ± 0.7 | |
| 7 | 10 | 5.5 ± 0.3 | 6.6 ± 0.2 | 6.4 ± 0.1 | 2.4 ± 1.0 | |
| M. avium, P. carinii, and T. gondii infection until deatha | 9/10b | 1.5 ± 0.6 | 5.3 ± 0.6 | 6.4 ± 0.6 | 6.0 ± 0.5 | 4c |
a
Death occurred 5.7 ± 0.2 days after T. gondii inoculation.
b
One rat survived and was sacrificed at day 14.
c
The determination could be done for only one rat.