A Model of Implant-Associated Infection in the Tibial Metaphysis of Rats

Table 1

Bacteria counts inoculated during surgery.

	Ideal CFU	Experimentally determined CFU
Group I	0	0
Group II	10^3	1,880 ± 219
Group III	10^4	10,546 ± 7,986
Group IV	10^5	124,881 ± 21,946
Group V	10^6	670,000 ± 124,900