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Passive immunity against diarrhoea
Author(s) -
Bogstedt AK,
Johansen K,
Hatta H,
Kim M,
Casswall T,
Svensson L,
Hammarström L
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb13975.x
Subject(s) - medicine , immunity , antibody , passive immunity , immunology , oral administration , intensive care medicine , immune system , pharmacology
Passive immunity against a variety of respiratory and gastrointestinal pathogens has recently been increasingly used clinically, and oral administration of antibodies of both human and non‐human origin has been tried both for prophylaxis and treatment of infections. Although the former type of therapy has been shown to be effective, data on the latter are still scarce. This commentary focuses on recent studies on successful oral therapeutic administration of bovine immunoglobulins.