TABLE 3.

Effect of pEM-2 (d) on the lethality induced by peritoneal infection of gram-negative bacteria^a into mice

Mouse treatment group	Lethality (no. of deaths/total no. of mice)b
Saline control	0/4
pEM-2 (D) + saline	0/8
E. coli + saline	12/12
E. coli + pEM-2 (d)	9/12c
S. enterica serovar Typhimurium + saline	5/5
S. enterica serovar Typhimurium + pEM-2 (d)	4/5c

^aE. coli ATCC 25922 and S. enterica serovar Typhimurium ATCC 14028.

^bAll deaths occurred within the first 24 h.

^cNonsignificant (P > 0.05) reduction, by Fisher's exact test.