Table 2.
Viable count of Staphylococcus aureus in organs
| Organsc | ||||||
| Pig no. | Innoculationa | Pig killed (h PIb) |
Lung | Spleen | Liver | Metaphysis/physis region of bone |
| 1 | S. aureus | 4 | 140000 | 2800 | 93000 | NTd |
| 2 | S. aureus | 4 | 130000 | 18000 | 7700 | NT |
| 3 | S. aureus | 4 | 290000 | 11000 | 3800 | NT |
| 4 | S. aureus | 4 | 110000 | 2700 | 9600 | NT |
| 5 | S. aureus | 6 | 78000 | 34000 | 3300 | 1400 |
| 6 | S. aureus | 5 | 26000 | 43000 | 34000 | 2700 |
| 8 | S. aureus | 6 | 50000 | 16000 | 1200 | 730 |
| 9 | S. aureus | 5 | 47000 | 63000 | 15000 | 4300 |
| Mean | S. aureus | 4 – 6 | 110000 | 24000 | 21000 | 2300 |
| 7 | Mock | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NT |
a 1 mL of 108 CFU were inoculated intravenous per kg of body weight and 1 control pig was injected with and equal volume of sterile isotonic saline (mock)
b PI, after inoculation
c Numbers indicate viable counts per g of tissue
d NT, not test