Quantitative studies of the regular distribution pattern for Salmonella enteritidis in the internal organs of mice after oral challenge by a specific real-time polymerase chain reaction

Table 1 The distribution and quantity of S. enteritidis within different internal organs and blood after oral challenge at different times

Time	Blood	Heart	Liver	Spleen	Kidney	Pancreas	Gallbladder
30 min	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1 h	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2 h	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
4 h	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
8 h	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12 h	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.47	0.00	0.00	0.00
14 h	2.44	0.00	0.00	2.80	0.00	0.00	0.00
16 h	2.68	2.72	2.83	3.22	0.00	0.00	0.00
18 h	2.91	3.21	3.31	3.61	0.00	0.00	0.00
20 h	3.41	3.46	3.76	3.85	0.00	2.43	0.00
22 h	3.75	3.62	3.93	4.20	2.50	2.88	2.44
24 h	3.94	3.97	4.30	4.36	2.80	3.12	2.82
36 h	4.11	5.28	6.46	6.52	4.46	4.16	2.71
2 d	3.78	3.01	4.11	5.59	2.75	2.82	2.60
3 d	2.50	2.81	3.80	5.22	0.00	2.27	2.52
6 d	0.00	0.00	3.02	4.02	0.00	0.00	2.36
9 d	0.00	0.00	2.69	3.78	0.00	0.00	2.22
12 d	0.00	0.00	2.32	3.52	0.00	0.00	2.10
2 wk	0.00	0.00	2.10	2.82	0.00	0.00	0.00
3 wk	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.48	0.00	0.00	0.00

log₁₀ copies per 0.2 mL for Blood and bile; log₁₀ copies per 0.5 g for others.