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Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2009
Applicants:

Martin J. Blaser, New York, NY (US);

Ilseung Cho, New York, NY (US);

Laura M. Cox, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Inventors:

Martin J. Blaser, New York, NY (US);

Ilseung Cho, New York, NY (US);

Laura M. Cox, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Assignee:

New York University, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/74 (2015.01); A61K 35/741 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/74 (2013.01); A61K 35/741 (2013.01);
Abstract

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(MRSA),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.


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