Figure 5.

MDP administration protects mice from subsequent A. baumannii challenge. Wild type (WT) mice were administered PBS or MDP for 3 consecutive days as described in material and methods. At day 4, mice were infected with A. baumannii (n = 4–5 mice per group). The bacterial load was determined in lungs at 4 h post infection. The confirmed bacterial inoculation dose was 0.2 × 10⁷. **Represents p ≤ 0.01. Data are represented as mean ± standard deviation and are representative of three independent experiments with similar results.