TABLE 2.

Translocation of ΔactA L. monocytogenes from the lumen of the gut to the liver and spleen of formerly GF BALB/c mice^a

Days after infection	CFU/organ
	SI	Liver	Spleen
7	7.78 × 104	0	0
	2.86 × 106	3.00 × 102	1.14 × 103
	2.28 × 103	9.96 × 103	0
14	1.24 × 106	1.27 × 106	0
	3.20 × 104	0	8.80 × 104
	5.20 × 104	0	0
21	2.40 × 106	7.52 × 102	0
	8.60 × 105	1.45 × 103	0
	2.89 × 107	0	0
28	5.6 × 104	0	0
	7.20 × 107	3.00 × 105	0
	2.00 × 106	1.75 × 104	0
59	1.45 × 107	5.90 × 103	2.00 × 103
	4.90 × 103	0	0
	2.55 × 105	0	0
76	1.17 × 108	5.35 × 105	0
	5.60 × 107	0	0
	1.36 × 109	8.75 × 105	0
90	6.80 × 108	1.05 × 105	2.60 × 104
	2.98 × 109	2.55 × 103	1.10 × 102
	3.00 × 107	2.10 × 103	0

^aNo organisms were found in any of the brain samples.