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Published in final edited form as: Microbes Infect. 2012 Mar 3;14(9):712–718. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.02.008

Table 2.

Culture positive middle ear disease following barotrauma by serotype

Serotype	Strains (No.) ^a	No. ears challenged	Cx⁺ MEF^b/No. challenged (%) Day 7–8	Cx⁺ MEF/No. challenged (%) Day 11–12	Cx⁺ MEF/No. challenged (%) Day 14–15	No Blood cx⁺/No. of animal (%)
6C	6	82	28/82 (34%)	30/82 (36.5%)	21/82 (25.6%)	5/41 (12.1%)
19A	2	18	13/18^* (72.2%)	14/18 (77.7%)	14/18 (77.7%)	3/10^** (30%)

p=0.0003 (19A vs 6C)

^**

p=0.23 (bacteremia 19A vs 6C)

No- Number

Cx+ - culture positive; MEF- Middle ear fluid