Table 2.

Viable bacteria determination from untreated and heat-fixed Burkholderia infected tissue

Pathogen	Tissue	Weight (mg)	Treatment	cfu for	Average cfu/ml
				10 −1
B. thailandensis	lung	40	none	1000+	>1 × 105
		52	none	1000+	>1 × 105
		40	none	1000+	>1 × 105
		56	HF	0	0.00
		48	HF	0	0.00
		34	HF	0	0.00
	spleen	61	none	70	7.0 × 104
		64	none	71	7.1 × 104
		71	none	76	7.6 × 104
		57	HF	0	0.00
		45	HF	0	0.00
		65	HF	0	0.00
B. mallei	lung	ND	none	1000+	>1 × 105
		ND	none	1000+	>1 × 105
		ND	none	1000+	>1 × 105
		ND	HF	0	0.00
		ND	HF	0	0.00
		ND	HF	0	0.00

HF = Heat fixed, ND=not determined.