Table 4.
Histopathology score from the organs of rats systemically infected by MRSA after the treatment on day 7.
Organ | Group (mean±standard of deviation) | |||||
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K− | K+ | V | P1 | P2 | P4 | |
Brain | 1.00±0a | 3.83±0.40b | 3.33±0.81c | 2.83±0.40c | 2.16±0.75d | 1.83±0.75d |
Lung | 1.33±0.51a | 4.00±0b | 3.16±0.75c | 3.16±040c | 2.33±0.81d | 2.16±0.40d |
Heart | 1.16±0.40a | 3.83±0.63b | 3.00±0.63c | 2.83±0.40c | 2.66±0.51c | 2.50±0.54c |
Liver | 1.00±0a | 3.33±0.51b | 2.66±0.51c | 2.50±0.54c | 2.16±0.40c | 2.00±0.63d |
Spleen | 1.00±0a | 4.00±0b | 3.66±0.51c | 3.00±0.63d | 2.50±0.54e | 2.00±0e |
Kidney | 1.16±0.40a | 3.66±0.51b | 3.00±0.63c | 3.00±0.63c | 2.66±0.51d | 2.33±0.51d |
K−=negative control, K+=positive control, V=100 mg vancomycin per kg BW, P1=1 mg celery extract per kg BW, P2=2 mg celery extract per kg BW, P4=4 mg celery extract per kg BW, BW=Body weight, MRSA=Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. a,b,c,d Different superscripts on the same row indicated a significant difference (p≤0.05).