Table 2.
Recovery of Mycoplasma fermentans from the synovial membrane of rabbits.
| P-140 Right Synovium | PG-18 Right Synovium | P-140 Left Synovium | PG-18 Left Synovium | |||||
| Days* | CFU | S.D. | CFU | S.D. | CFU | S.D. | CFU | S.D. |
| 3 | 197 | (4.2) | 95 | (7.07) | 38 | (2.8) | 25 | (4.24) |
| 5 | 169 | (5.65) | 88 | (5.65) | 47 | (5.65) | 32 | (4.24) |
| 8 | 142 | (5.65) | 80 | (5.65) | 45 | (2.8) | 41 | (4.24) |
| 13 | 84 | (7.07) | 52 | (7.07) | 41 | (2.8) | 38 | (7.07) |
| 20 | 57 | (2.8) | 43 | (5.65) | 36 | (7.07) | 32 | (5.65) |
| 27 | 42 | (2.8) | 52 | (7.07) | 40 | (7.07) | 28 | (4.24) |
| 34 | 37 | (2.8) | 29 | (4.2) | 43 | (5.65) | 35 | (5.65) |
• Days after the intraarticular injection of mycoplasmas • Each value of CFU is the mean of two animals. Abbreviations: CFU = colony forming units. S.D. = standard deviation.