Details of bacterial growth in samples of heart blood, liver and spleen collected from mice on 9, 10, and 11 d post-irradiation.

a<p>At each time point, <i>n</i> = 6 mice sampled per treatment group.</p>b<p>+ indicates the relative concentration of bacterial colonies in the first quadrant only of the agar isolation medium, using the four-dilution streak method, ++++ indicates bacterial growth in the fourth quadrant of the plate, farthest from the primary inoculation, indicating the highest concentration of bacteria. NG = no growth. The GT3-PBMC mice, in which no bacteria were detected in tissues, were not included in the table.</p>c<p>GT3-PBMC mice received transfusion of five million PBMCs (iv) 24 h post-irradiation (11 Gy cobalt-60 gamma-radiation at 0.6 Gy/min dose rate).</p><p>Details of bacterial growth in samples of heart blood, liver and spleen collected from mice on 9, 10, and 11 d post-irradiation.