LCT and Sepsis: Ten (52%) LAC-WT—infected rabbits died of severe sepsis with disseminated infection between D0 and D7 (median: 4 days) compared to five (22%) of the Δpsmα and seven (30%) of Δpsmαβhld groups (P = .03 and .11, respectively), with respective median survival of 5 and 4 days (P = .53, non-significant (NS)).