TABLE 3.
Distribution of H. pylori in the cardia, corpus, and antrum of C57Bl/6 mice after 4 weeks of infection
No. of colonies | Mice infected with H. pylori strainb:
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SS1 (n = 4)
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SPM326/IL-8+(n = 4)
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SPM326/IL-8−a (n = 4)
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Ca | C | A | Ca | C | A | Ca | C | A | |
1–102 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
102–103 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
103–105 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Three of 4 mice were colonized.
Ca, cardia equivalent (every part of the stomach was cultured separately); C, corpus; and A, antrum.