immune system
• macrophages are resistant to cytotoxicity induced by in vitro Salmonella infection
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• mice succumb more rapidly than controls to 108 CFU of Salmonella with a median survival time of 6 days compared to 8 days for controls
• there is an average 30-fold-higher bacterial loads in infected Peyer's patches, mesenteric lymph nodes, and spleens than in the infected organs of wild-type animals
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hematopoietic system
• macrophages are resistant to cytotoxicity induced by in vitro Salmonella infection
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