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. 2000 Mar;68(3):1005–1013. doi: 10.1128/iai.68.3.1005-1013.2000

TABLE 4.

Percent human macrophage (U937) viability over 24 h based on MOI

Infectious agent Viabilitya
0 hb
8 h
24 h
1c 10 100 1 10 100 1 10 100
Serovar Typhimurium LT2 84.9 ± 0.74 84.4 ± 0.96 80.7 ± 1.05 87.7 ± 0.67 75.8 ± 2.20 67.6 ± 1.94 82.0 ± 1.41 66.8 ± 3.22 42.6 ± 4.32
Serovar Typhi Ty2 86.6 ± 0.83 86.1 ± 0.73 85.2 ± 0.79 88.6 ± 0.68 87.2 ± 0.63 85.8 ± 1.03 84.7 ± 0.94 82.8 ± 4.49 79.2 ± 1.47
Serovar Enteritidis 48-86 87.8 ± 0.79 85.9 ± 1.10 78.3 ± 1.15 87.7 ± 0.94 77.6 ± 2.41 72.8 ± 2.74 77.7 ± 2.31 64.6 ± 3.77 44.8 ± 2.70
None 86.8 ± 0.92 88.3 ± 0.94 88.0 ± 1.33
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. 

c

MOI.