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Table 2 Quantitative bacteria levels, grown from the mediastinal tissues; total and mean (log 10 cfu/g). There were no significant differences between the groups (P > 0.05)

From: Comparison and evaluation of experimental mediastinitis models: precolonized foreign body implants and bacterial suspension inoculation seems promising

Groups

Rat numbers with grown

Bacterial concentration (log 10 cfu/g)

Total*

Mean ± SD**

  

Thymus

Lung

Mediastinal vessels

Pericardium

  

A

1

4.78

5.82

-

6.19

6.36

5.88 ± 5.87

B

1

4.65

4.52

3.44

-

4.91

4.43 ± 4.34

C

1

-

-

3.91

-

3.91

3.91

 

2

4.81

4.05

5.33

4.9

5.57

4.96 ± 4.93

 

3

5.11

-

5.11

-

5.41

5.11

D

1

5.08

5.52

5.65

-

5.95

5.48 ± 5.22

 

2

-

6.19

-

5.89

6.36

6.06 ± 5.74

 

3

-

-

-

5.76

5.76

5.76

 

4

5.48

4.89

6.32

-

6.4

5.92 ± 6.05

  1. * Total: total of log 10 cfu/g of all tissues for each rat ** Mean: mean of log 10 cfu/g of each mediastinal tissue