Figure 3.
PCM resulted in increased bacillary burden in tissues of CD1 mice infected with 106 virulent Erdman strain of M. tuberculosis. Animals were infected 14 days after initiation of a 2% (▪) or 20% (•) protein diet. Three animals were studied per group per time point. The numbers of cfu shown represent that from the left upper lobe of the lungs (Top), the caudate quarter of the spleen (Middle), and the right lobe of the liver (Bottom). At 12 h after infection, three mice from each group were killed for quantitating the baseline tissue bacillary loads. Bars represent SD.