TABLE 4.
WT mouse group | No. of systemic tissue samples positive for P. gingivalis/T. denticola/T. forsythia/F. nucleatum |
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Heart (n = 13) | Aorta (n = 8) | Liver (n = 13) | Spleen (n = 7) | Kidney (n = 13) | Lung (n = 13) | Brain (n = 7) | |
Bacterial infection | 6/7/0/0 | 2/5/1/3 | 0/0/2/0 | 2/0/0/1 | 2/0/0/0 | 3/1/0/6 | 1/0/0/0 |
Control | 0/0/0/0 | 0/0/0/0 | 0/0/0/0 | 0/0/0/0 | 0/0/0/0 | 0/0/0/0 | 0/0/0/0 |