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Passive immunotherapy provided 100% and 40% protection in burned mice infected with standard and nosocomial strains, respectively, and ensured 100% protection in an acute pneumonia model. Although both anti-FlaB and anti-FlaAB IgYs showed similar efficacy in vivo, certain in vitro assays revealed that monovalent antibodies had reduced activity against heterologous strain at the lowest examined concentrations. 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