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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1996
Pradip Mukerji, Gahanna, OH (US);
Amanda Eun-Yeong Seo, Gahanna, OH (US);
Steven Neal Anderson, Pickerington, OH (US);
Linda Ann Harvey, Orient, OH (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
The attachment of H. influenzae to human cells, such as oropharyngeal cells, may be inhibited by native human .beta.-casein, a recombinant form of human .beta.-casein, and hydrolysates of both. The human .beta.-casein or hydrolysate may be contained in a liquid enteral nutritional product such as an infant formula. The enteral nutritional product may be used, for example, in the prevention and treatment of otitis media in infants. The human .beta.-casein or hydrolysate may also be administered as a throat spray or nasally using drops or a spray.