Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Suppresses Meningitic E. coli K1 Penetration across Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells In Vitro and Protects Neonatal Rats against Experimental Hematogenous Meningitis

Table 1

The rates of E. coli colonization, bacteremia, and meningitis in rat pups after receiving E44 or E44 plus LGG.

Treatment	No. of animal	No. of pups with positive LGG culture in blood	No. (%) of pups with intestinal colonization (E44)	No. (%) of pups with bacteremia (10^5 to 10^8 CFU/mL) (E44)	No. (%) of pups with meningitis^a
E44	14	—	14 (100)	9 (64)	3 (21)
E44 + LGG	14	0	8 (57)	0 (0)	0 (0)

^aDefined as positive culture of CSF.