TABLE 2.
Histopathology scores for liver and kidney sections from mice infected with E. faecalis MGH-2 or JH2-2
| Time point | Strain (no. of mice) | No. of mice with the following histopathology scorea:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Liver | ||||||
| 8 h | MGH-2 (8) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JH2-2 (8) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 h | MGH-2 (6) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JH2-2 (7) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 72 h | MGH-2 (7) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| JH2-2 (7) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 days | MGH-2 (7) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| JH2-2 (7) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 days | MGH-2 (4) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JH2-2 (5) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kidney | ||||||
| 8 h | MGH-2 (8) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JH2-2 (8) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 h | MGH-2 (6) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JH2-2 (7) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 72 h | MGH-2 (7) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JH2-2 (7) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 days | MGH-2 (7) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| JH2-2 (7) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 days | MGH-2 (4) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JH2-2 (5) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
a
The severity of histopathology was graded as 0 to 4 for each tissue section as described in Materials and Methods.