Probiotics improve survival of septic rats by suppressing conditioned pathogens in ascites

Figure 2 Comparison of isolating rate of various bacteria in ascites between sepsis and probiotics treated group. Probiotics (1 dose) or vehicle treatment started 6 h later and thereafter administered once a day for 3 d. Samples of ascites were harvested for both anaerobic and aerobic culture. There was no statistical significance in isolating rates between two groups for all bacterial species (P > 0.05). In addition, “other Entertrococcus species” include Enterococcus avium, Enterococcus gallinarum, Enterococcus durans and Enterococcus malodoratus. “Anaerobia” include Lactobacillus reuteri, Veillonella cricetiratti, Desulfovibrio fructosivorans, Clostridium oroticum, Lactobacillus bifermentans, Prevotella dentioola, Bacterorides ovatus and Prevotella nigrescens. “Others” include Micrococcus luteus, Morganella morganii ss morganii and Acinetobacter radioresistens.