Table 1. Mortality rate of pigs with acute bacterial pneumonia given different therapies.
Group A No therapy |
Group B i.v. therapya |
Group C EVLP / ATb |
|
---|---|---|---|
Total | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Death 1st day after infection | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Death 2nd– 3rd day after infection | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Euthanasia after 4th day (endpoint) | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Infection-related mortality | 66.6% | 66.6% | 16.7% |
Procedure-related mortality | - | - | 16.7% |
Overall mortality | 66.6% | 66.6% | 33.4% |
a Intravenous therapy of 2 mg/kg BW colistin.
b EVLP with 200 μg/ml colistin for 2 hours followed by autotransplantation (AT).