Patent ID: 6479051
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: A61K,A61P,C12Q

Abstract:
A method of establishing a healthy urogenital flora in females throughout life comprising orally administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one probiotic organism selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 (ATCC 55826), L. rhamnosus GR-2 (ATCC 55915), L. rhamnosus GR-3 (ATCC 55917), L. rhamnosus GR-4 (ATCC 55916), L. rhamnosus RC-17 (ATCC 55825), L. rhamnosus RC-12 (ATCC 55895), L. jensenii RC-11 (ATCC 55920), L. acidophilus ATCC 4357, L. acidophilus RC-14 (ATCC 55845), L. plantarum RC-20 (ATCC 55883), L. plantarum RC-6 (ATCC 55894), L. fermentum A-60 (ATCC 55896), L. fermentum B-54 (ATCC 55884), and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.