39 results about "Antibiotic-associated diarrhea" patented technology

The present invention relates to the development of a targeted delivery system for the oral delivery of probiotics or therapeutic agent for various indications, including and not limited to active and prophylaxis treatment of Clostridium difficile infection, antibiotic associated diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, intestinal flora replacement, supplemental flora treatments for patients taking antibiotics, and for restoration of balance and signaling between the intestinal microbiome and the intestinal cells in patients under treatment of metabolic syndrome manifestations, specifically diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, hyperlipidemia and hypertension.

The present invention relates to synbiotic compositions comprising probiotic bacterial strains and prebiotic substances that, when combined exhibit synergistic behavior. The synergetic compositions will stimulate the indigenous microflora to restore and reconstitute in vivo gut like conditions after antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD), and/or other gut infections caused by gastrointestinal pathogens, and relapses thereof, as well as the prevention of said disorders.

Methods and compositions for targeted delivery of biotherapeutics are provided. The compositions comprise bile-sensitive St. thermophilus bacteria modified to release a biotherapeutic agent following bile exposure. Biotherapeutic agents released by the St. thermophilus bacteria disclosed herein include AQ and AQR rich peptides. Methods of the invention comprise administering to a subject a St. thermophilus bacterium modified to release a biotherapeutic agent following bile exposure. Administration of the St. thermophilus bacterium promotes a desired therapeutic response. The bacterium may be modified to express and release AQ or AQR rich peptides which subsequently inhibit cellular apoptosis or reduce mucosal damage. Thus, methods of the invention find use in treating or preventing a variety of gastrointestinal disorders including C. difficile infection and antibiotic-associated diarrhea.

Bacteria of the sp. Bacillus that produce a lipopeptide are found to be effective in the treatment and prophylaxis of gastro-intestinal disease when administered as a probiotic. In particular, a strain of Bacillus bacteria identified as PB6 is useful for the treatment of Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea (AAD) or the more serious condition Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD) when administered as a probiotic. Additionally, these bacteria have been found efficient for the treatment of immunorelated diseases such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

The invention relates to novel forms of compounds displaying broad spectrum antibiotic activity, especially crystalline polymorphic forms and amorphous forms of such compounds, compositions comprising such crystalline polymorphic forms and amorphous forms of such compounds, processes for manufacture and use thereof. The compounds and compositions of the invention are useful in the pharmaceutical industry, for example, in the treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders associated with the use of antibiotics, chemotherapies, or antiviral therapies, including, but not limited to, colitis, for example, pseudo-membranous colitis; antibiotic associated diarrhea; and infections due to Clostridium difficile (“C. difficile”), Clostridium perfringens (“C. perfringens”), Staphylococcus species, for example, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus, or Enterococcus including Vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

The invention relates to novel forms of compounds displaying broad spectrum antibiotic activity, especially crystalline polymorphic forms and amorphous forms of such compounds, compositions comprising such crystalline polymorphic forms and amorphous forms of such compounds, processes for manufacture and use thereof. The compounds and compositions of the invention are useful in the pharmaceutical industry, for example, in the treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders associated with the use of antibiotics, chemotherapies, or antiviral therapies, including, but not limited to, colitis, for example, pseudo-membranous colitis; antibiotic associated diarrhea; and infections due to Clostridium difficile (“C. difficile”), Clostridium perfringens (“C. perfringens”), Staphylococcus species, for example, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus, or Enterococcus including Vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

Methods and compositions for the treatment of toxin-mediated diseases are provided herein. One aspect of the invention is oligosaccharide-based therapeutics that interact with toxins and methods of uses thereof. In one embodiment the oligosaccharide-based therapeutics of the invention comprise polymeric particles with attached oligosaccharide binding moieties. The compositions of the invention can be used in the treatment of toxin-mediated diseases such as antibiotic-associated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis, including Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea.

The invention relates to a composition containing L. acidophilus 1.1878 and Chinese medicaments and application thereof. The L. acidophilus 1.1878 has high acid resistance and bile salt resistance and good adhesion. The composition contains the L. acidophilus 1.1878, and also contains oligosaccharide, Chinese medicinal herbs and the like. The composition can be used as food, health-care products or medicaments, is suitable for eating for a long term, and is mainly used for preventing and treating antibiotic associated diarrhea, regulating intestinal flora, protecting intestinal mucosa and enhancing immunity.

Various probiotic therapies including butyrogenic bacteria are provided for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases caused by microbial dysbiosis. Butyrogenic bacteria produce the short chain fatty acid, butyric acid. Gastrointestinal disorders that are associated with microbial dysbiosis include but are not limited to, inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, and antibiotic-associated diarrhea.

Various types of synbiotic therapies are provided for the treatment of a variety of gastrointestinal and other disorders. The combination of prebiotics to probiotics is defined as a synbiotic therapy. The principal GI disorders associated with dysbiosis that can be treated from such a therapeutic intervention include but are not limited to: inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), antibiotic-associated diarrheas such as recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, and possibly variants of Celiac disease. Other disorders that may also be ameliorated by the proposed synbiotic therapy include metabolic syndromes and central nervous system disorders. The disclosed methods and compositions were developed to improve upon currently available probiotics through consideration of the human intestinal microbiota, and its relationship to various intestinal metabolic and neuropsychiatric disorders. In one embodiment, the disclosed synbiotic compositions include prebiotics and a targeted delivery system, which altogether promote the survival, growth, and attachment of probiotic microbiota.

The invention discloses a solid drink capable of improving stomach health problems. The solid drink contains fermented soybean meal, calcium carbonate and probiotics, the probiotics comprise lactobacillus helveticus and lactobacillus rhamnosus, the solid drink also contains xylitol and maltodextrin, and the fermented soybean meal is prepared through fermentation of soybeans with lactobacillus delbruckii subsp. Rosell-187. The solid drink is powdery and is directly poured into the mouth to be taken with water during usage. Raw materials are all food materials which are safe and effective and have no side effects. The solid drink can relieve stomach health problems such as stomachache, hyperacidity and heartburn caused by ulcer, improve balance of microbial florae of the human body and relieve side effects caused by use of bactericidal drugs or antibiotics, such as antibiotic associated diarrhea.

The present invention concerns a lactic composition useful for the prevention or treatment of diarrhea such as antibiotic associated diarrhea or “tourista”. The composition according to the invention contains at least a bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus acidophilus I-1492 Lactobacillus casei and a mixture of thereof.

The invention discloses application of stachyose in preparing a medicine for preventing and curing diarrhea. Experiments prove that the stachyose has certain alleviating and curing effects for intestinal infection diarrhea, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, bacillary dysentery diarrhea, rotavirus infection diarrhea, non-specific diarrhea and the like.

This invention relates to prevention and/or treatment of antibiotic associated diarrhea, including Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD), pseudomembranous colitis (PMC) and other conditions associated with C. difficile infection, using oligosaccharide compositions which bind C. difficile toxin B, More specifically, the invention concerns neutralization of C. difficile toxin B associated with such conditions.

The invention discloses a medicine for treating antibiotic-associated diarrhea. The effective components contained in the invention are prepared by rhizoma coptidis, radix scutellariae, radix codonopsitis, rhizoma atractylodis alba, Indian buead, liquoric root, rhizoma alismatis and costus root according to a certain proportion by weight. The effective components can be prepared into any common oral formulation. The invention has the functions of clearing heat and dampness, reinforcing the spleen, replenishing qi, alleviating the symptoms of diarrhea and bellyache and facilitating the recovery of alteration of intestinal flora, and can treat the antibiotic-associated diarrhea or intestinal flora alterative enteritis. The invention further discloses the preparation method of the medicine.

The invention relates to application of an aucklandia-coptis pill extract in preparing drugs for treating intestinal flora alternation diseases, especially for intestinal microflora alternation caused by antibiotics, and belongs to the field of application of traditional compound Chinese medicine preparations. Firstly, an ethyl alcohol extracting solution and residues are extracted by adopting ethyl alcohol refluxing from a raw aucklandia-coptis pill, then the residues are extracted with water to obtain an aqueous extracting solution, and finally, the ethyl alcohol extracting solution and the aqueous extracting solution are combined to obtain the aucklandia-coptis pill extract. The aucklandia-coptis pill extract as a drug for treating the intestinal flora alternation diseases has a good curative effect, and can significantly ameliorate the symptoms of antibiotic-associated diarrhea while significantly increasing intestinal beneficial microbiota and improving the intestinal microenvironment.

C. difficile infection (CDI) is the most common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Unfortunately, antibiotic therapy remains as the standard treatment for this antibiotic-induced disease and relapses are common. Antibiotic treatment typically is given for 10 to 14 days for initial or second episode of CDI. For recurrent episodes, more prolonged courses are recommended. It is disclosed herein that lower dose or shorter course of the antimicrobial treatment is sufficient to treat the disease and prevent recurrent disease by enabling a good immunologic response to infection, and perhaps also by better preserving normal flora, thus protecting against relapses or reinfection.