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Summary
No differences in mortality were observed in splenectomized, sham-operated and normal mice following intravenous or intranasal inoculation of hemolytic streptococci. Similarly, susceptibility to intravenous and intraperitoneal staphylococcal, aerosolized pneumococcal or intraperitoneal pseudomonas infections was not affected by splenectomy.
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