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Abdominal and thoracic LPT protect against bacterial pneumonia. On day zero, rats were nasally infected with 1×108 S. pneumoniae CFU. Control, sham, Ab-LPT, or Th-LPT were applied once daily for days 1 through 3 post-infection. At day 4 post-infection, lungs were removed and S. pneumoniae CFU were quantified. Data are means±SE of CFU in lung homogenates' *p<0.05 compared to control and sham treatment. N=8–13 rats per group.
