Table 1 Nasal, lung and blood colonization by S. pneumoniae after respiratory challenge with the pathogen

Control

5.67 ± 0.23^a

6.79 ± 0.12 ^a'

4.42 ± 0.21^a''

PppA

4.98 ± 0.32^b

5.53 ± 0.51^b'

3.92 ± 0.14^b''

LcV

4.10 ± 0.18^c

3.16 ± 0.14^c'

<1.5^c''

LcM

4.26 ± 0.22^c

3.28 ± 0,17^c'

<1.5^c''

PppA+LcV

2.38 ± 0.21^e

<1.5^e

<1.5^c''

PppA+LcM

2.53 ± 0.19^e

<1.5^e

<1.5^c''