TABLE 1.
Final experiment scheme for BALB/c and C3HeB/FeJ mouse models
Regimen by mouse straina | No. of miceb
withdrawn from treatment for sacrifice (CFUs) or relapse assessmentc
at the following time points: |
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Week −6 | Week −3 | Week −2 | Day 0 | Week 4 | Week 6 |
Week 8 |
Week 10 |
Week 12 |
Total | |||||
CFUs | CFUs | CFUs | CFUs | CFUs | CFUs | Relapse | CFUs | Relapse | CFUs | Relapse | CFUs | Relapse | ||
BALB/c mice | ||||||||||||||
Untreatedd | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | ||||||||||
RHZE | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 45 | |||||||
RHZEC | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 63 | ||||||
PHZE | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 81 | |||||
PHZEC | 5 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 99 | ||||
Total | 9 | 9 | 29 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 36 | 20 | 54 | 20 | 80 | 315 | ||
C3HeB/FeJ mice | ||||||||||||||
Untreatedd ,e | 12 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 64 | ||||||||
RHZE | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 45 | |||||||
RHZEC | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 63 | ||||||
PHZE | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 81 | |||||
PHZEC | 5 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 99 | ||||
Total | 12 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 36 | 20 | 54 | 20 | 80 | 352 |
Treatment was initiated on day 0. Regimens were comprised of the following drugs and doses: R, rifampin 10 mg/kg; H, isoniazid 10 mg/kg; Z, pyrazinamide 150 mg/kg; E, ethambutol 100 mg/kg; C, clofazimine 12.5 mg/kg; and P, rifapentine 20 mg/kg.
Any discrepancies in the number of mice presented in this table and the number of mice from which data were obtained are accounted for in the supplemental raw CFU data tables associated with each mouse strain and time point.
Relapse was assessed 6 months after stopping treatment.
Untreated negative-control mice (three from each infection run) were followed after day 0 to verify M. tuberculosis virulence. Although included under the week 4 time point for simplicity, these mice were euthanized at various time points when they became moribund.
Sixteen unassigned mice were moribund and euthanized after week −3 but before day 0; for simplicity, they are included in this table under the week −2 time point.