TABLE 1.

Shift toward hemolytic E. coli strains after intraperitoneal injection of standard stool inoculum

Time	% Hemolytic E. coli ± SEM in:				Rat data
	Inoculum	Peritoneum	Blood	Abscess	No. inoculated	No. analyzed	% Mortality
0 h	7 ± 1a
6 h		24 ± 7	54 ± 7		20	20	0
24 h		71 ± 13	98 ± 3		13	7	46
10 days				50 ± 11	15	11	27

^aP < 0.05 versus all other time points.