Protective Effect of a Lipid-Based Preparation from Mycobacterium smegmatis in a Murine Model of Progressive Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Figure 2

Representative histological micrographs of the lungs of mice. (a) Large areas of inflammatory consolidation or pneumonia (asterisk) in control nonvaccinated mouse. In comparison lesser pneumonia patches (asterisks) are seen in mice vaccinated with BCG (b), LMs (c), or LMs-AL (d). All micrographs H/E staining, 25x magnification.

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