Table 1.

Impact of incubation of homogenates of atherectomy tissues with vs. without THP-1 cells on recovery of bacteria from atherectomy specimens from 7 different non-septic afebrile patients.

Patient #	Age, gender	Source of atherectomy specimen	CFU bacteria from homogenates incubated with THP-1 cells	CFU bacteria from homogenates incubated without THP-1 cells
1	58, male	carotid artery	256	1
2	73, female	carotid artery	7	11
3	79, male	carotid artery	2	3
4	67, female	femoral artery	140	6
5	66, female	femoral artery	159	13
6	66, male	carotid artery	132	115
7	64, female	femoral artery	176	7
Average or total	67.5 years		872	156