Mouse strain Mean (SD) log10 CFU counts in mouse lungs at the following time points
Day  -13 Day 0 Wk 2 Wk 4 Wk 6 Wk 8
Control Regimens
Untreated BALB/c 3.80 (0.11) 8.01 (0.05)        
  Nude 3.90 (0.14) 8.61 (0.44)        
RIF+EMB+PZA+INH BALB/c     5.73 (0.30) 5.22 (0.06) 4.10 (0.19) 3.09 (0.14)
  Nude     6.19 (0.13) 6.37 (0.41) 4.71 (0.39) 3.84 (0.17)
RIF+EMB BALB/c     6.08 (0.13) 5.69 (0.03) 5.46 (0.17) 4.65 (0.31)
  Nude     8.61 (0.31) 6.21 (0.32) 6.17 (0.27) 5.29 (0.97)
Test Regimen
RIF+EMB+PZA BALB/c     5.38 (0.23) 4.55 (0.18) 3.72 (0.19) 2.55 (0.29)
  Nude     8.57 (0.59) 7.03 (0.48) 6.14 (0.34) 6.21 (0.20)
Treatment was initiated two weeks after infection at Day 0 and was administered for 8 weeks. Drugs were administered 5 days per week at the following doses: RIF, 10 mg/kg; EMB, 100 mg/kg; PZA, 150 mg/kg; INH, 10 mg/kg
Table 4: Lung CFU counts in M. tuberculosis-infected BALB/c and nude mice treated with RIF+EMB with or without PZA (Experiment 2).