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. 2012 Feb;80(2):539–549. doi: 10.1128/IAI.05964-11

Table 3.

Weights of endocarditis vegetations produced by E. faecalis strains after 4 days of infection

Strain No. of vegetations Mean vegetation wt (mg) SD P value
OG1RF 8 47.6 29
ΔproB 10 24.0 27.7 0.33a
ΔebrA 4 42.5 20.6 0.8651a
Δeep 6 8.8 6.6 0.0065a
OG1RF Δeep(pMSP3535-eep) 5 32.1 35.3 0.027b
a

Compared to OG1RF.

b

Compared to the Δeep strain