Table 2.

Recovery of S. aureus from peritoneal fluid obtained from mice challegened with live S. aureus

Bacterial challenge (CFU)	106	107		108
Time	36 hrs post infection	18 hrs post infection	36 hrs post infection	18 hrs post infection	36 hrs post infection
Control group (non-immunized)	0	1.08 ± 0.14 × 106	8.98 ± 1.94 × 106	1.11 ± 0.20 × 108	2N/A
PBS	0	4.92 ± 0.94 × 105	1.54 ± 0.94 × 106	3.16 ± 1.94 × 106	2N/A
IFA	0	2.35 ± 1.12 × 105	1.23 ± 1.14 × 106	1.80 ± 0.22 × 106	2.16 ± 1.10 × 106
PHIS-01	0	3.64 ± 1.44 × 105	1.13 ± 2.31 × 106	8.90 ± 3.20 × 105	5.60 ± 0.94 × 105
PHYTOL	0	4.0 ± 0.25 × 103	0	8.90 ± 1.12 × 104	0

¹ Peritoneal fluid samples from all groups of mice were diluted in LB medium (1:200), and 10 μl of diluted samples were streaked on agar plates using calibrated loops. CFUs were scored 18 and 36 hours following bacterial challenge and recorded as CFU/ml. The results represent the average of two experiments (n = 4 for each group) ± SEM. ² N/A: Not assessable since all mice were dead within 18 hrs.