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. 2002 May;70(5):2598–2604. doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.5.2598-2604.2002

TABLE 1.

Numbers of CFU in organs of IgG-treated C3−/− mice 2 days after C. neoformans infectiona

Ascites fluid No. of CFU (104)
Lung Liver Spleen Brain
NSO 180 ± 93b 7 ± 3.0 16.0 ± 13.0 0.08 ± 0.06
IgG1 27 ± 19c 20 ± 6.0c 1.7 ± 0.4c 0.30 ± 0.17c
IgG2a 66 ± 26c 20 ± 6.2c 2.0 ± 0.4c 0.09 ± 0.04
IgG2b 48 ± 27c 21 ± 8.0c 0.7 ± 0.4c 0.12 ± 0.07
IgG3 43 ± 33c 39 ± 10.0c 2.7 ± 1.0c 0.23 ± 0.10c
a

Groups of four mice were given either 1.0 mg of MAb or 1.0 ml of NSO ascites fluid 24 h prior to infection with 106 CFU of C. neoformans.

b

1 standard deviation.

c

P < 0.05 versus NSO.