PERITONITIS AND BACTEREMIA IN MICE 



24-29 hours 4e-54hours 66 hours 78 hours 117 hours 



Number of mice 30 , ,^,^,^, ,'',^,^, P,'^,^, P"^,^, ^ ^ E 



Number of mice 

 succumbed 



PCE PCE PCE 



+ and{+) 



+ + P« Proteus C'Coli forms E • EnterococcI 



+ + + 



24-29hours 48-54 hours 66 hours 78 hours 117 hours 

 PCE P C E PCE 



Number of mice 30 , .P.^.^, PCE 



surviving 



Number of mice 

 succumbed 30 



Figure 3. Results of blood cultures in 62 mice, 28 of which were treated antibac- 

 terially. The height of the columns above zero line indicates the number of living mice; 

 under this' line that of dead mice. Top = 34 mice not treated. Bottom = 28 mice treated 

 with sulpha and streptomycin. 



ported separately. In no case was an organism found in the blood 

 which had not been present in feces at the onset of bacteremia. 



Peritonitis and Bacteremia in Sacrificed and Succumbed Mice 



Cultures from peritoneal fluid and from blood were made in 30 

 mice sacrificed in good condition and in 62 mice which had died 



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