TABLE 4.
Culture results for individual mice treated with ceftriaxone and saline solution commencing 4 weeks after inoculation and then subjected to necropsy 18 months after completion of treatment
| Mouse strain | Borrelia strain | Treatment | No. of samples positive/no. testeda
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| IS | Ear | UB | QM | FJ | Sp | |||
| C3H | N40 | Ceftriaxone | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 |
| C3H | B31 | Ceftriaxone | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
| B6 | N40 | Ceftriaxone | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 1/5b | 0/5 |
| B6 | B31 | Ceftriaxone | 0/5 | 1/5b | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
| C3H | N40 | Saline | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 3/4 |
| C3H | B31 | Saline | 3/3 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 1/3 |
| B6 | N40 | Saline | 5/5 | 4/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| B6 | B31 | Saline | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 |
a
IS, inoculation site; UB, urinary bladder; QM, quadriceps muscle; FJ, front joint; Sp, spleen.
b
Several spirochetes were observed, but we were unable to subculture them.