AGT and Hypertension: Next, we investigated whether Ang II-induced hypertension increases the dissemination and survival of Mtb in foamy macrophages, the total number of intracellular mycobacteria was enumerated in the lung tissues from mice following infection with Mtb after 2 or 4 weeks of Ang II infusion using acid-fast bacillus (AFB) staining (Figure 6a) and CFU assay (Figure 6b).