Immunoprophylaxis in Guinea Pigs with Mycobacterium indicus pranii (Mw) in Combination with Standard Chemotherapy of M. tuberculosis Infection Improves Lung Pathology

Krishan Dutta Rawat^1*#, Mamta Chahar^1#, Reddy PVJ¹, Nalini Srivastava², Gupta UD¹, Natrajan M¹, Katoch VM³, Kiran Katoch¹ and Chauhan DS^1*

¹National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases Tajganj (ICMR), Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

²School of Biochemistry, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

³Former Director-General (ICMR) and Secretary, Department of Health Research, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India

^#Contributed equally to this work

^*Corresponding Author(s): Krishan Dutta Rawat, Microbiology and Molecular biology, National JALMA Institute For Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Tajganj (ICMR), Agra 282001, Uttar Pradesh, India, Tel: (0562) 2331751-4, Ext. office: 212, Fax: +91-562-2331755 Email: Chauhan DS, Microbiology and Molecular biology, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Tajganj (ICMR), Agra 282001, Uttar Pradesh, India, Tel: (0562) 2331751-4, Ext. office: 212, Fax: +91-562-2331755 Email: