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From: Gut flora enhance bacterial clearance in lung through toll-like receptors 4

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Antibiotic pretreatment enhanced E.coli pneumonia-induced bacterial counts in lung in C3H/HeN mice but not in C3H/HeJ mice. Antibiotic pretreatment increased E.coli-induced bacterial counts in lung and LPS supplementation decreased them in C3H/HeN mice. However, antibiotic pretreatment with or without LPS supplementation did not change E.coli pneumonia-induced bacterial counts in lung in C3H/HeJ mice (n = 6 per group). * p < 0.05.

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