Research Article
Dynamics of Immune Responses during Experimental Mycobacterium kansasii Infection of Cynomolgus Monkeys (Macaca fascicularis)
Table 2
The outcomes of monkeys infected with M. kansasii.
| Infectious outcomes | Monkey 1936 | Monkey 1937 | Monkey 1938 |
| Clinical results | | | | Symptoms and physical signs | Normal | Normal | Normal | Body weight | Normal | Normal | Normal | TST-positive reaction | Weeks 2~6 p.i. | Weeks 2~4 p.i. | Week 4 p.i. | Erythrocyte sedimentation rate | Normal | Normal | Normal | Gross observation | | | | Enlarged bronchial lymph nodes | N/A | N/A | N/A | Granuloma in lung | N/A | N/A | Lung consolidation | Granuloma in extrapulmonary organs | N/A | N/A | N/A | Histopathology | | | | Bronchial lymph nodes | Normal | Normal | Normal | Lung | Normal | Normal | Interstitial pneumonia | Extrapulmonary organs | Normal | Normal | Normal | Bacterial load | | | | Lung | N/A | N/A | 5000 CFU/g1 | Extrapulmonary organs | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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1The values were results of the left middle lobe.
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