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/g^1
Extrapulmonary organs	N/A	N/A	N/A

¹The values were results of the left middle lobe.