TABLE 3.
Specimen source | Median (range) CFU by straina
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Wild type | O-antigen-deficient mutant
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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) |
n = 5 for each group.