| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Results: Aged mice subjected to polytrauma had a higher rate of mortality from pneumonia (8 out of 13 mice, 62%) than uninjured controls (2 of 16 mice, 12% p<0.01.) Injured mice exposed to heat-killed bacteria had a significantly lower mortality (2 of 11 mice, 18%) than injured mice treated with live bacteria (p<0.05.) In cultures of the BAL fluid and blood, there was a trend toward more colony fo
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