Number and proportion of rats with positive microbiological growth for strains of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing <i>E. coli</i> in organs and tissues.

<p>I - surgical group with hepatic ischemia and intestinal stasis; II - surgical group with hepatic ischemia without intestinal stasis; III - surgical control group; IV - non-surgical control group.</p><p>*Fisher’s test comparing groups: I and IV p:0.02; II and IV p:0.04; III and IV p:0.02.</p><p>Number and proportion of rats with positive microbiological growth for strains of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing <i>E. coli</i> in organs and tissues.</p

Concentration of endotoxin in the portal and systemic blood of rats submitted to surgical procedures or control.

<p>I - surgical group with hepatic ischemia and intestinal stasis; II - surgical group with hepatic ischemia without intestinal stasis; III - surgical control group; IV - non-surgical control group.</p><p>*Fisher’s test comparing groups: I and II p:0.03; I and III p:0.03; I and IV p:0.03.</p><p>Concentration of endotoxin in the portal and systemic blood of rats submitted to surgical procedures or control.</p

Number and proportion of rats with positive microbiological growth for strains of vancomycin-resistant <i>Enterococcus</i> in organs or tissues.

<p>I - surgical group with hepatic ischemia and intestinal stasis; II - surgical group with hepatic ischemia without intestinal stasis; III - surgical control group; IV - non-surgical control group.</p><p>*Fisher’s test comparing groups: II and III p:0.03; III and IV p:0.01.</p><p>**Fisher’s test comparing groups: I and IV p:0.003; I and II p:0.004.</p><p>Number and proportion of rats with positive microbiological growth for strains of vancomycin-resistant <i>Enterococcus</i> in organs or tissues.</p

Results of stool culture obtained from rats submitted to 10 different protocols of colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing <i>E. coli</i> and vancomycin-resistant <i>E. faecalis</i>, after an initial decolonization phase using antibiotics.

<p>VRE: Vancomycin-resistant <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i>; EC: Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing <i>Escherichia coli;</i> cfu: colony-forming units.</p><p>Results of stool culture obtained from rats submitted to 10 different protocols of colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing <i>E. coli</i> and vancomycin-resistant <i>E. faecalis</i>, after an initial decolonization phase using antibiotics.</p