TABLE 3.
Statistical analysis of disease parameters in streptomycin-pretreated mice infected with different translocation-deficient serovar Typhimurium mutantsa
| Comparison |
P
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wt vs SB161 | wt vs SB302 | wt vs SB241 | SB161 vs SB302 | SB161 vs SB241 | |
| Cecum CFU | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| mLN CFU | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| Liver CFU | 0.016 | 0.016 | NS | NS | NS |
| Cecum wt. | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.008 | NS | NS |
| Combined score | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.008 | NS | NS |
| Edema | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.008 | NS | NS |
| PMN infitration | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.008 | NS | NS |
| Goblet cells | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.008 | NS | NS |
| Epithelium | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
The data shown in Fig. 12 were analyzed by using the Mann-Whitney U test (see Materials and Methods). NS, not significant (P ≥ 0.05); wt, wild type.