TABLE 1.
Animals culture positive for Ureaplasma in the vagina, bladder, and/or kidney at 2 weeks postinoculation with 109 CFU of U. parvum in the bladder
| Tissue site | No. of animals (%) culture positive for Ureaplasmaa
|
P valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F344 | SD | LEW | WIS | ||
| Vagina | 3/14 (21) | 3/12 (25) | 2/10 (20) | 1/10 (10) | NS |
| Bladder | 14/14 (100) | 5/12 (42) | 1/10 (10) | 1/10 (10) | 0.0001 |
| Kidney | 3/14 (21) | 1/12 (8) | 0/10 (0) | 0/10 (0) | NS |
| Infected at multiple sites | 5/14 (36) | 2/12 (17) | 1/10 (10) | 1/10 (10) | ND |
| Total (infected at any site) | 14/14 (100) | 7/12 (58) | 2/10 (20) | 2/10 (20) | 0.0002 |
a
Values were obtained by chi-square analysis. NS, not significant; ND, not done.