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. 2019 May 23;63(6):e00388-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00388-19

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Regimen by mouse straina No. of miceb withdrawn from treatment for sacrifice (CFUs) or relapse assessmentc at the following time points:
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
a

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.

b

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.

c

Relapse was assessed 6 months after stopping treatment.

d

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.

e

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.