Absence of TNFR1 on myeloid cells yielded aflare of the infection by day 117 in M-TNFR1 mice(6.3 log10 CFU/lung) with inflamed lung while T-TNFR1survived to this point without bodyweight loss, and neither lung inflammationnor bacterial load increase, as compared to wild-type mice. Here, TNFRSF1A is linked to infection.