Table 4 Mycoplasma pneumoniae detection by culture and PCR in organs and blood of infected hamsters
From: Animal model of Mycoplasma fermentans respiratory infection
Day | Trachea | Right lung | Left lung | Heart | Spleen | Kidney | Brain | Blood | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 21/24 |
5 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 16/24 |
10 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 7/24 |
15 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 19/24 |
25 | 0/3 | 1/3 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 13/24 |
35 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 15/24 |
50 | 0/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 0/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 14/24 |
Total | 10/21 | 15/21 | 17/21 | 11/21 | 14/21 | 15/21 | 13/21 | 10/21 |