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Table 1 Incidence and number of bacterial translocation in tissue specimens

From: The effect of melatonin on bacterial translocation following ischemia/reperfusion injury in a rat model of superior mesenteric artery occlusion

Groups (n = 10)

MLNs iIncidence

CFU ± SEM

Liver incidence

CFU ± SEM

Spleen incidence

CFU ± SEM

Sham

0/10

-

0/10

-

0/10

-

I/R

8/10*

54050 ± 15315.65

6/10**

1075.5 ± 623.24

3/10***

80 ± 46.66

I/R + melatonin

2/10

3600 ± 2993.32

2/10

250 ± 200,69

2/10

-

  1. (*P = 0.0001, **P = 0.008, ***P = 0.036 I/R versus Sham and I/R + melatonin).