The Effect of Bacteriophage Preparations on Intracellular Killing of Bacteria by Phagocytes

Table 4

Mean intracellular killing of pathogenic strains according to the type of infection (mean ± SD).

Type of infection	IKB by PMN before EPT [%]		IKB by PMN during EPT [%]		IKB by PMN after EPT [%]		IKB by PBMC before EPT [%]		IKB by PBMC during EPT [%]		IKB by PBMC after EPT [%]
E. coli
UTI	72.6 ± 8.1	7	75.4 ± 9.1	6	75.8 ± 15.3	5	71.0 ± 12.2	7	75.9 ± 12.7	6	72.5 ± 17.3	5
E. faecalis
UTI	72.7 ± 11.5	7	65.0 ± 16.5	7	72.1 ± 5.6	4	73.2 ± 8.5	7	66.8 ± 15.3	7	75.9 ± 8.6	4
P. aeruginosa
RTI	64.4 ± 11.2	4	67.9 ± 7.9	3	72.6 ± 7.6	2	66.6 ± 13.6	4	73.3 ± 5.1	3	66.8 ± 2.5	2
Fistula	81.0 ± 0.0	1	75.0 ± 0.0	1	68.0 ± 0.0	1	79.5 ± 0.0	1	82.0 ± 0.0	1	82.0 ± 0.0	1
UTI	72.3 ± 0.4	2	74.8 ± 3.2	2	66.4 ± 14.0	2	61.8 ± 25.6	2	68.9 ± 8.7	2	70.3 ± 4.6	2
Ulceration	75.9 ± 13.7	4	73.9 ± 6.8	4	70.3 ± 7.4	2	69.0 ± 11.3	4	72.9 ± 12.2	4	69.3 ± 6.0	2
Mean for all types	71.5 ± 11.4	11	72.4 ± 6.3	10	69.5 ± 7.7	7	67.8 ± 13.7	11	73.1 ± 8.7	10	70.6 ± 6.1	7
S. aureus
RTI	74.4 ± 9.7	4	70.0 ± 12.1	4	80.3 ± 16.6	2	72.4 ± 5.3	4	73.7 ± 8.9	4	78.3 ± 9.5	2
Fistula	74.7 ± 9.1	11	73.9 ± 8.0	7	62.9 ± 16.0	5	77.0 ± 8.8	11	75.8 ± 12.5	7	74.3 ± 7.3	5
UTI		0		0		0		0		0		0
Ulceration	72.8 ± 8.5	8	68.0 ± 7.2	7	71.4 ± 11.4	7	73.0 ± 8.9	8	66.4 ± 12.4	7	75.0 ± 10.4	7
Mean for all types	74.0 ± 8.6	23	70.8 ± 8.6	18	69.6 ± 14.0	14	74.8 ± 8.3	23	71.7 ± 11.9	18	75.2 ± 8.7	14

UTI: urinary tract infection.
RTI: respiratory tract infection.