Table 3: Spore counts (x 103) before and after co-incubation of probiotics and bacterialstrains with C. difficile.

Category

 

C. difficile ATCC 43255

C. difficile ATCC BAA 1805

C. difficile strains alone Spore Counts

86

TNTC

Ratio

Probiotics / C. difficile

BK

BS

WAL

CVS

PC

052

055

BK

BS

WAL

CVS

PC

052

055

1:1

1

0

0

1

1

10

28

0

1

316

680

18

664

TNTC

1:10-1

0

0

0

0

0

11

3

0

0

0

176

7

128

TNTC

1:10-2

0

0

0

3

0

3

5

1

2

1

0

1

14

808

1:10-3

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

64

0

1

0

248

TNTC: too numerous to count.