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. 2004 Mar;72(3):1423–1430. doi: 10.1128/IAI.72.3.1423-1430.2004

TABLE 3.

Lung and blood bacterial burden 24 h following inoculation with K. pneumoniae strains

Specimen source Median (range) CFU by straina
Wild type O-antigen-deficient mutant
Isometric dose Isolethal dose
Lung (entire organ) 3 × 104 (9 × 102-1 × 105) 5 × 104 (1 × 104-1 × 105) 1 × 105 (3 × 103-4 × 105)
Blood (100 μl) 9 × 101 (1 × 101-3 × 102) None detected 1 × 101 (1 × 100-5 × 101)
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n = 5 for each group.