199 results about "Clostridium difficile" patented technology

The invention relates to one or more systems and methods for creating a mixture of cultures used to replace intestinal flora. Specifically, the invention relates to methods and systems of treating diseases including Clostridium difficile and Crohn's disease by introducing a mixture of pure cultures of viable bacteria into the gastrointestinal tract.

The present invention relates to characterizing changes in mammalian bacterial gastrointestinal, cutaneous and nasal microbiota associated with antibiotic treatment and various disease conditions (such as asthma, allergy, obesity, metabolic syndrome, gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD), eosinophilic esophagitis, gastro-esophageal junction adenocarcinomas (GEJAC), infections due to bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Clostridium difficile, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, etc.) and related diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Therapeutic methods of the invention involve the use of live bacterial inoculants that are capable of restoring healthy mammalian bacterial gastrointestinal, skin, and nasal microbiota.

Antibodies that specifically bind to toxins of C. difficile, antigen binding portions thereof, and methods of making and using the antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof are provided herein.

The present invention describes a method for treating, removing or preventing a bacterial infection, which method comprises administering to a human suffering, suspected of suffering or at risk of suffering from Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infection, a Streptococcus infection, Escherichia coli (E. coli) infection, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) infection, Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) infection, Enterococcus faecium (E. faecium) infection and / or Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection, an effective amount of human polyclonal antibodies affinity purified from a human blood sample with an antigenic preparation comprising cellular and / or secreted antigen(s) from bacterial cells selected from S. aureus, a Streptococcus, E. coli, P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii, E. faecium, C. difficile or a combination thereof, and optionally, wherein said affinity purified human polyclonal antibodies are purified (e.g., as made more concentrated as compared to the starting or unpurified material) relative to the same human polyclonal antibodies in the unpurified or non-affinity-purified human blood sample, e.g., intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) sample, and / or also optionally, wherein said affinity purified human polyclonal antibodies are specific for the bacterial antigens used in the affinity purification, and / or further optionally wherein the affinity purified human polyclonal antibodies are substantially free of human antibodies that specifically bind to non-bacterial antigens in the human blood sample. Pharmaceutical compositions for treating bacterial infections, comprising an effective amount of human polyclonal antibodies affinity purified from a human blood sample with an antigenic preparation comprising cellular and / or secreted antigen(s) from S. aureus, Streptococcus, E. coli, P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii, E. faecium, C. difficile or a combination thereof, are also provided.

In one aspect, the invention relates to an immunogenic composition that includes a mutant Clostridium difficile toxin A and / or a mutant Clostridium difficile toxin B. Each mutant toxin includes a glucosyltransferase domain having at least one mutation and a cysteine protease domain having at least one mutation, relative to the corresponding wild-type C. difficile toxin. The mutant toxins may further include at least one amino acid that is chemically crosslinked. In another aspect, the invention relates to antibodies or binding fragments thereof that binds to said immunogenic compositions. In further aspects, the invention relates to isolated nucleotide sequences that encode any of the foregoing, and methods of use of any of the foregoing compositions.

A composition for treating a subject is provided. The composition includes dimeric or polymeric IgA therapeutic. Formulating agents are mixed with the dimeric or polymeric IgA to yield a dosing form of a capsule, tablet, and a suppository. A process for manufacturing a medicament for the treatment of C. difficile associated disease in a human is also provided that the sequential modification of monomeric IgA with J chain and secretory component to form a dimeric or polymeric IgA therapeutic. The dimeric or polymeric IgA therapeutic is then mixed with formulating agents to create a capsule, tablet, or suppository dosing form. The therapeutic is amenable to enrobement directly through microeneapsulation or the dosing form is coated with an enteric coating. A method of C. difficile treatment with the therapeutic is also provided that is amenable to supplementation with concurrent or prior antibiotic administration.

A cleaning medium or formulation that contains a sporicidal composition is described. The composition includes about 0.1-20% weight / weight of a germinant agent, about 0.01-75% w / w of an antimicrobial agent, in terms of dry or wet total weight, and which is admixed with water to generate a solution with a pH of 3.5-9.5. The composition can help trigger the germination of spores, in particular C. difficile, and subsequently deactivate or kill the spores. A means of applying the cleaning formulation in a medium and process for cleaning are also described.

Disclosed are compounds of formula (I), which are of use in the treatment of bacterial diseases and infections, to compositions containing those compounds and to methods of treating bacterial diseases and infections using the compounds. In particular, the compounds are useful for the treatment of infection with, and diseases caused by, Clostridium difficile.

A low odor, liquid disinfectant composition comprising multiple components, which, upon mixing, provide an aqueous solution comprising low levels of peracetic acid for use in decontaminating articles and surfaces contaminated with bacteria, viruses, fungi and other biological contaminants such as spores, including, but not limited to, Clostridium difficile (C.diff). The disinfectant composition is prepared just prior to use by combining two or more separately packaged components.

Primers and probes for detection of toxin-producing (toxigenic) strains of Clostridium difficile, and to methods of detecting toxigenic strains using these primers and probes. Toxigenic strains of C. difficile are detected by nucleic acid-based amplification methods using particular primers and probes that bind to the toxin B (TcdB) gene. These primers and probes are used to amplify C. difficile nucleic acids in clinical samples to determine the presence of these toxigenic strains.

The present invention relates to the field of medical immunology and further to pharmaceutical compositions, methods of making and methods of use of vaccines. More specifically this invention relates to recombinant proteins derived from the genes encoding Clostridium difficile toxin A and toxin B, and their use in an active vaccine against C. difficile.

The present invention relates to characterizing changes in mammalian bacterial gastrointestinal, cutaneous and nasal microbiota associated with antibiotic treatment and various disease conditions (such as asthma, allergy, obesity, metabolic syndrome, gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD), eosinophilic esophagitis, gastro-esophageal junction adenocarcinomas (GEJAC), infections due to bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Clostridium difficile, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, etc.) and related diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Therapeutic methods of the invention involve the use of live bacterial inoculants that are capable of restoring healthy mammalian bacterial gastrointestinal, skin, and nasal microbiota.

The invention relates to a multiplex PCR based primer pair and kit for detecting intestinal pathogens, particularly relates to a multiplex PCR based primer pair and kit for detecting 14 intestinal pathogens, and belongs to the technical field of PCR application. The 14 intestinal pathogens comprise vibrio cholerae (group O1 phage, group O139 phage and group non-O1 / O139 phage), listeria monocytogenes, enteropathogenic escherichia coli (EPEC), enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli (EHEC), enterotoxigenic escherichia coli (ETEC), enteroinvasive escherichia coli (EIEC), enteroaggregative escherichia coli (EAEC), shigella, intestinal virus EV71, enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli O157:H7, clostridium difficile, vibrio parahaemolyticus, salmonella enteritidis and salmonella typhimurium. The multiplex PCR based primer pair and kit can change the situation that only a few intestinal pathogens can be detected in one time and can be used for detecting 14 intestinal pathogens and 26 genes simultaneously.

The present application is to provide a composition and method for stabilizing and maintaining the viability of hardy microorganisms from sample collection to downstream analysis. In particular, there is a method for preserving viable hardy bacteria, such as Mycobacteria, Bacillus anthracis, or Clostridium difficile, in a biological sample, comprising contacting the biological sample with a stabilization composition, wherein the stabilization composition comprises a chelating agent, a denaturing, a salt and has a pH between about 6 and about 11.

Antimicrobial compositions for oral delivery, and administration to the colon, distal ileum, or other portion of the gastrointestinal tract other than the stomach, of bacteriophage, phage proteins, antimicrobial peptides, or antimicrobial aptamers, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the active agent is capable of lysing the bacterial cell wall. In another embodiment, the active agent is capable of interacting with a receptor or enzyme in the bacteria. In some embodiments, the active agents selectively act on one or more harmful bacteria, such as Clostridium difficile, and either do not act, or act to a lesser extent, on helpful bacteria, such as bifidobacteria. When the agents are not delivered directly to the colon, they active agents ultimately enter the colon and affect the bacteria that are present in the colon. The compositions can include beads of pectin in the form of a cationic salt enclosing the active agent, or other types of drug delivery systems designed for targeted delivery to the desired portion of the gastrointestinal tract.

The invention provides a new strain FM 603 of bacillus coagulans, and the preservation number of the strain is CGMCC NO.10221. The strain can generate bacteriocin antibacterial substances and achieves antibacterial activity for Gram-positive pathogenic bacteria such as Listeria monocytogenes, staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, clostridium perfringens and clostridium difficile. The molecular weight of bacteriocin is 4276.45 Da, the partial amino acid sequence is Ala-Gly-His-Dhb-Phe-Val-Dhb-Gly-Pro, and the bacteriocin is stable under treatment of heat, acid, and pepsase or trypsin and can be degraded easily by pronase to be inactivated. The invention further provides an FM603 fermentation product which can be used as a microbiological feed additive. Animal test results show that the fermentation product can increase the laying rate of laying hens, reduce the feed-egg ratio and improve egg quality; the feed intake and daily gain of piglets are increased, and the feed conversion ratio is reduced; the daily gain and the content of lysozyme in serum of broiler chickens are increased, and the feed conversion ratio and the death rate are reduced.

The invention provides a test strip for rapid detection of clostridium difficile toxins A and B. A monoclonal antibody or polyclonal antibody of the clostridium difficile toxin A, a monoclonal antibody or polyclonal antibody of the clostridium difficile toxin B, and a quality control double-antibody IgG coat a nitrate cellulose film (NC film), and a membrane chromatography double antibody sandwich method is adopted to detect the clostridium difficile toxins A and B in a specimen in combination with a monoclonal antibody of colloidal gold labeled clostridium difficile toxins A and B. The test strip is simple in operation, convenient, and fast, and has the advantages of no requirements of special instruments and special training, clear and identified result, and easy popularization. The test strip is suitable for base course, site detection and epidemiological investigation, and has auxiliary effect on the diagnosis of clostridium difficile toxin infection.

A method of treating a patient to reduce risk of developing Clostridium difficile-associated disease or reducing existing Clostridium difficile-associated disease in a mammalian subject involves administering to a mammalian subject an effective amount of a germination-inhibiting compound derived from taurocholate. Novel compounds of this class are also provided.

The present invention provides isolated polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, or a fragment, variant, derivative or fusion thereof which is capable of binding specifically to and / or lysing cells of Clostridium difficile, and means for producing the same, with the proviso that the fragment, variant, derivative or fusion is not a naturally occurring lysin of a bacteriophage of Clostridium difficile. The invention further provides methods for killing bacterial cells, such as cells of Clostridium difficile, and for diagnosing, treating and preventing diseases and conditions associated with infection of the same. The invention also provides diagnostic kits for use in such methods.

A composition for treating a subject is provided. The composition includes antigen specific dimeric secretory IgA and pentameric IgM therapeutic. A process for manufacturing a medicament for the treatment of C. difficile associated disease in a human is also provided that the modification of antigen specific dimeric secretory IgA and pentameric IgM with secretory component to form a antigen specific dimeric secretory IgA and pentameric secretory IgM therapeutic. The antigen specific dimeric secretory IgA and the pentameric secretory IgM therapeutic is then mixed with formulating agents to create a capsule, tablet, liquid or suppository dosing form. The therapeutic is amenable to enrobement directly through microencapsulation or the dosing form is coated with an enteric coating. A method of C. difficile treatment with the therapeutic is also provided that is amenable to supplementation with concurrent or prior antibiotic administration.

The present invention provides for immunogenic compositions and their methods of use as vaccines and their method of preparation. These immunogenic compositions comprise a recombinant protein of toxin A or toxin B of Clostridium difficile conjugated to a polysaccharide of a microbial pathogen. The immunogenic compositions may include only a truncated portion of toxin A or toxin B, particularly the repeating units (rARU or rBRU), that is associated with a microbial pathogen polysaccharide. Such compositions are effective in eliciting T-cell dependent and antibody responses. These compositions are therefore effective as vaccines for humans, particularly children, and animals in affording protection against one or more microbial pathogens.

A composition for treating a subject is provided. The composition includes dimeric or polymeric secretory IgM therapeutic. Formulating agents are mixed with the dimeric or polymeric secretory IgM to yield a dosing form of a capsule, tablet, and a suppository. A process for manufacturing a medicament for the treatment of C. difficile associated disease in a human is also provided that the modification of pentameric or hexameric IgM with secretory component to form a pentameric or hexameric secretory IgM therapeutic. The pentameric or hexameric secretory IgM therapeutic is then mixed with formulating agents to create a capsule, tablet, or suppository dosing form. The therapeutic is amenable to enrobement directly through microencapsulation or the dosing form is coated with an enteric coating. A method of C. difficile treatment with the therapeutic is also provided that is amenable to supplementation with concurrent or prior antibiotic administration.

A system and process for disinfecting rooms such as health care facility rooms with an oxygen / ozone mixture is described, which is effective to combat “superbugs” such as Clostridium difficile (C. difficile); E. coli; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE). In preferred embodiments, hydrogen peroxide is additionally used. The system and process is effective to destroy bacteria deposited on surfaces as biofilm, and, accompanied by physical agitation such as jet nozzle outlets, is effective to disinfect carpet, drapery and similar absorbent and porous surfaces.

An ultraviolet disinfection system to generate UVC radiation inside athletic clothing, gear and other items to be decontaminated. The system includes a plurality of UVC lamps vertically disposed in a housing and having UVC transmissive lamp enclosures over which items to be decontaminated are placed. The system has a microprocessor based controller and can kill pathogens including Clostridium difficile in 30 seconds or less.

A composition for treating a subject is provided. The composition includes dimeric or polymeric secretory IgA therapeutic. Formulating agents are mixed with the dimeric or polymeric secretory IgA to yield a dosing form of a capsule, tablet, and a suppository. A process for manufacturing a medicament for the treatment of C. difficile associated disease in a human is also provided that the modification of dimeric or polymeric IgA with secretory component to form a dimeric or polymeric secretory IgA therapeutic. The dimeric or polymeric secretory IgA therapeutic is then mixed with formulating agents to create a capsule, tablet, or suppository dosing form. The therapeutic is amenable to enrobement directly through microencapsulation or the dosing form is coated with an enteric coating. A method of C. difficile treatment with the therapeutic is also provided that is amenable to supplementation with concurrent or prior antibiotic administration.

Novel bicyclic heteroaromatic compounds are provided that are inhibitors of bacterial methionyl tRNA synthetase (MetRS). Compounds of the invention generally have a left hand side chroman group or left hand side tetrahydroquinoline group and a right hand side thienopyridone group. Also disclosed are methods for their preparation and their use in therapy as antibacterial agents, particularly as anti-Clostridium difficile agents.

The present invention relates to recombinant fragments of C. difficile TcdA and TcdB that may be used in the development of vaccines against C. difficile associated disease. More particularly it relates to combinations comprising a ToxB-GT antigen and a TcdA antigen or a ToxA-GT antigen and a TcdB antigen.