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Table 1 Animal death, pathologic findings, blood culture results, and mean bacterial count in cardiac vegetations

From: Right atrial pressure alterations during echocardiography-guided-catheterization predict tricuspid valvular impairment: a novel method for the creation of a rabbit model of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis

Experimental design

Experimental group

Control group

 

Group A (n = 45)

Group B (n = 45)

Group C (n = 5)

Group D (n = 5)

Premature death (n)

1

0

0

0

Endocarditis (n)

33

9

0

0

Positive blood culture (n)

29

3

N/A

N/A

MBC in vegetations (×104)

33.24 ± 15.22

9.78 ± 5.66

N/A

N/A

  1. Group A: rabbits underwent both catheterization and inoculation (1 × 105 CFU); Group B: rabbits underwent both catheterization and inoculation (1 × 104 CFU); Group C: rabbits underwent only catheterization; Group D: rabbits only inoculated. MBC: Mean bacterial count; N/A: Not applicable.