TABLE 2.
Numbers of S. epidermidis HB and HBmut organisms recovered per gram of tissuea
| Organ | HB
|
HBmut
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of animals infected/total (%) | Median no. of CFU/g tissue (range) | No. of animals infected/total (%) | Median no. of CFU/g tissue (range) | |
| Heart | 12/15 (80) | 1.9 × 102 (0-2.3 × 104) | 3/15 (20) | 0 (0-2.5 × 103) |
| Liver | 15/15 (100) | 3.8 × 102 (30-8.6 × 103) | 3/15 (20) | 0 (0-1.7 × 103) |
| Lung | 14/15 (93.3) | 2.4 × 102 (0-5.1 × 106) | 1/15 (6.7) | 0 (0-1.5 × 104) |
| Kidney | 14/15 (93.3) | 8.0 × 102 (0-7.8 × 104) | 2/15 (13.3) | 0 (0-2.3 × 103) |
a
All interstrain differences are significant at P < 0.01.