Table 2.

Viable counts of main bacterial types

Location	Bacteria	Control mice cfu/mg tissue	Anti CD4 mice cfu/mg tissue	p
Ileum lumen	GP	5 × 106	5 × 106
	GN	8.5 × 107	1.9 × 108
	O	1.6 × 106	4.6 × 106
	ANO	4 × 105	1.4 × 105
	E. coli	0	3.0 × 103	p < 0.01
Ileum wall	GP	6.5 × 105	5.0 × 105
	GN	1.0 × 101	1.0 × 102
	O	4.0 × 105	2.2 × 105
	ANO	6.5 × 104	5.7 × 104
	E. coli	1.0 × 101	7.0 × 103	p < 0.02
Colon lumen	GP	5 × 108	5.0 × 107
	GN	8.5 × 107	1.9 × 108
	O	4.7 × 106	5.0 × 106
	ANO	6.2 × 106	4.3 × 106
	E. coli	5 × 10	5.0 × 105	p < 0.01
Colon wall	GP	5.5 × 105	1.5 × 104
	GN	2.3 × 107	1.0 × 105	p < 0.003
	O	4.5 × 105	7.1 × 107	p < 0.003
	ANO	2. 0 × 104	2.5 × 105
	E. coli	4.0 × 10	1.0 × 105	p < 0.003

GP, Gram positive; GN, Gram negative-determined by Breed slide method; O, aerobic; ANO, anaerobic-determined by culture.