TABLE 3.
Murine peritoneal macrophage viability after infection with selected Salmonella serovars
| Infectious agent | Viabilitya
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| 0 hb | 8 h | 24 h | |
| Serovar Typhimurium LT2 | 93.5 ± 0.71 | 89.0 ± 1.41 | 83.0 ± 0.00 |
| Serovar Typhi Ty2 | 95.0 ± 0.00 | 94.5 ± 0.71 | 92.5 ± 0.71 |
| Serovar Enteritidis 49-86 | 94.0 ± 0.00 | 89.0 ± 0.00 | 85.0 ± 0.00 |
| None | 96.0 ± 0.00 | 95.5 ± 0.71 | 95.0 ± 0.00 |
a
Mean percentage of viable, trypan-negative, eukaryotic cells ± standard deviation based on at least three separate experiments done in triplicate.
b
Time after infection with the salmonellae.