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Whether MMF used at infra-immunosuppressive doses has an impact on survival and on innate immune response in sepsis is unknown.<\/jats:p><jats:p>C57BL\/6J mice were infected intraperitoneally with 10<jats:sup>8<\/jats:sup> CFU <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic>, and treated or not with low-dose of MMF (20mg\/kg\/day during 4 days). Survival rate and bacterial clearance were compared. Cytokine levels, quantitative and qualitative cellular responses were assessed. <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic> \u2013 infected mice treated with MMF exhibited improved survival compared to non-treated ones (48% vs 10%, p&amp;lt;0.001). With the dose used for all experiments, MMF did not show any effect on lymphocyte proliferation. MMF treatment also improved local and systemic bacterial clearance, improved phagocytosis activity of peritoneal macrophages resulting in decreased inflammatory cytokines secretion. MMF-treated mice showed enhanced activation of NF-\u03baB seemed with a suspected TLR4-dependent mechanism. These results suggest that infra-immunosuppressive doses of MMF improve host defense during <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic> sepsis and protects infected mice from fatal outcome by regulating innate immune responses. The signaling pathways involved could be TLR4-dependent. 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