Compositions for use in the prevention or treatment of urt infections in infants or young children at risk
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsNorbert Sprenger, Clemens Kunz, Dominique Brassart
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Abstract
A composition contains at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide, for use in preventing and/or treating a URT infection in an infant or young child fulfilling at least one of the following criteria: i) the infant or young child is born from a non-secretor mother and/or is fed with a mother's milk deficient in at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide, ii) the infant or young child has at least one sibling, and iii) the infant or young child was born by C-section.
Claims20
A method for preventing and/or treating an upper respiratory tract (URT) infection in an infant or young child, the method comprising administering a composition comprising at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide to an infant or young child having at least one criteria selected from the group consisting of:
- the infant or young child is born from a non-secretor mother and/or is fed with a mother's milk deficient in at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide;
- the infant or the young child has at least one sibling;
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- the infant or the young child was born by C-section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.