Table 1.
Detection of S. xylosusin murine organs
| Genotype | Feces | Skin | Spleen | LN | Lung | Brain |
| C57BL/6 | 0/3a | 3/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 |
| Tpl2−/− | 2/4b | 4/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 |
| Rag1−/− | 1/6a | 5/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
| Rag1–/– Tpl2–/– | 10/10 | 8/8 | 0/8 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/3 |
Tissue samples collected from age-matched mice were cultured for S. xylosus. Mice were sampled randomly; not all mice were evaluated for bacterial dissemination in all organs. Data are given as ‘no. mice positive/total no. of mice sampled’.
b
Values significantly (aP < 0.005, P < 0.06 [Fisher exact test]) different from those of Rag1−/− Tpl2−/− mice are indicated.