TABLE 7.
Analysis of plasmid presence in heart base, ventricular muscle, and tibiotarsus of mice infected with B. burgdorferi strain N40 and then treated with ceftriaxone or sham treated with saline solution
| Mouse strain | Treatment/time (h) | Sample typea | Plasmid presenceb
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrom flaB | lp25 bptA | lp28-5 arp | lp54 ospA | cp9 eppA | cp26 ospC | cp32-9 erp22 | cp34-2 erp23 | |||
| C3H | Saline/12 | HB | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| B6 | Saline/12 | TT | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| C3H | Saline/18 | HB | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| B6 | Saline/18 | VM | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| C3H | Ceftriaxone/12 | HB | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| C3H | Ceftriaxone/12 | TT | + | − | − | + | − | + | − | − |
| C3H | Ceftriaxone/12 | TT | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| B6 | Ceftriaxone/12 | TT | + | − | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| B6 | Ceftriaxone/12 | HB | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| B6 | Ceftriaxone/12 | TT | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| C3H | Ceftriaxone/18 | TT | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| C3H | Ceftriaxone/18 | TT | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| C3H | Ceftriaxone/18 | TT | + | − | + | + | + | + | − | − |
| B6 | Ceftriaxone/18 | TT | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| B6 | Ceftriaxone/18 | TT | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| B6 | Ceftriaxone/18 | TT | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − |
a
HB, heart base; VM, ventricular muscle; TT, tibiotarsus.
b
Chrom, chromosomal; +, present; −, absent.