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. 2002 Apr;70(4):2100–2107. doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.4.2100-2107.2002

TABLE 1.

Infection with viable and viable plus heat-killed M. tuberculosis

Type of infection and no. of wk No. of CFUa (log10) in:
Amt of lung cytokine mRNAa (units) for:
Lung Spleen Liver TNF-α IL-6
Viable bacilli
    1 3.7 ± 0.1 0 1.4 ± 1.2 63 ± 22 46 ± 10
    2 5.2 ± 0.3 1.6 ± 1.5 1.9 ± 1.6 69 ± 30 174 ± 17
    3 5.5 ± 0.1 3.9 ± 0.2 3.2 ± 0.6 144 ± 53 233 ± 33
    4 6.0 ± 0.3 4.1 ± 0.1 2.6 ± 0.3 151 ± 51 161 ± 15
Viable + heat-killed bacilli
    1 3.5 ± 0.4 0 1.8 ± 1.7 33 ± 5 46 ± 5
    2 5.1 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.5 2.8 ± 0.8 111 ± 9 243 ± 25
    3 5.5 ± 0.1 3.6 ± 0.2 3.2 ± 0.2 269 ± 24b 384 ± 37b
    4 5.8 ± 0.2 3.9 ± 0.6 3.4 ± 0.2 132 ± 81 149 ± 27
a

Number of mice per group per time point (n = 5).

b

P < 0.05 compared to infection with viable bacilli only.