TABLE 1.

Bacterial counts in infected spleens and vegetations

			Inoculum containing 103 CFU			Inoculum containing 104 CFU
				Bacterial counts (log10 CFU/g)			Bacterial counts (log10 CFU/g)
Location	Adhesion	Strain	n	Median	Range	n	Median	Range
Spleens	Weak	1	9	2.21	1.56-4.71	9	4.73	3.79-5.71
		2	7	2.57	1.6-4.67	9	4.7	3.28-5.8
	Strong	3	8	2.18	2.02-4.65	10	4.715	3.48-6.67
		4	9	3.65	2.91-4.53	10	5.73	4.72-6.78
Vegetations	Weak	1	3	6.32	4.59-7.76	10	9.05	4.64-9.66
		2	3	7.90	7.68-7.98	8	8.59	7.96-9.29
	Strong	3	1	6.28		8	7.58	5.25-9.39
		4	4	8.47	4.41-8.84	9	8.50	4.23-9.63