Please can someone suggest any In Vivo and In Vitro Models for testing pyrazinoic acid( the active metabolite of pyrazinamide) to establish the non-replicating efficacy in Chronic TB infection
I believe mice are commonly used to study chronic Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
(see: Article In Vivo IL-10 Production Reactivates Chronic Pulmonary Tuber...
).
As for in vitro studies, murine cells or human macrophages infected with M. tuberculosis have been used (see: Article NOD2 controls the nature of the inflammatory response and su...