Table 1. Bacterial load (47 kDa gene copies/pg of DNA or µL of blood) kinetics of 1.25×106 FFU challenged C57BL/6 mice.
| 3 dpi | 6 dpi | |||
| i.v. Mean (Range) | i.p. Mean (Range) | i.v. Mean (Range) | i.p. Mean (Range) | |
| Blood | 27 (NDa-61) | 11 (NDa-16) | 51 (10–110) | 71 (51–88) |
| Liver | 23,400 (1,290–70,000) | 25,470 (2,720–56,800) | 9,400 (2,600–21,300) | 294,595 (1,270–702,000) |
| Lung | 255 (12–823) | 360 (40–604) | 19,447 (925–14,500) | 21,515 (1,130–56,500) |
| Spleen | 60,043 (490–219,000) | 74,839 (2,260–182,000) | 18,925 (1,050–60,200) | 12,907 (1,130–44,700) |
a
, ND- not detected.