TABLE 1.

Response to inoculation with live H. ducreyi strains^a

Subject and isolate	No. of initial papules	Final outcome of initial papules
		No. of papules	No. of pustules	No. resolved	Days of observation
111					7
35000HP	2		2
35000HP-SMS2	3		3
112					14
35000HP	2		1	1
35000HP-SMS2	3	1		2
114					8
35000HP	2		2
35000HP-SMS2	3		1	2
115					9
35000HP	2			2
35000HP-SMS2	3		1	2
116					12
35000HP	2		2
35000HP-SMS2	3		1	2

^aEach volunteer was inoculated at two sites with 35000HP and at three sites with 35000HP-SMS2. Volunteers 111, 112, and 114 were inoculated in the first iteration, and 115 and 116 were inoculated in the second iteration.