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US 11,884,958 B2Granted
Assessing and treating functional gastrointestinal disorders
AssigneeMayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
InventorPurna C. Kashyap
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Abstract
This document provides methods and materials involved in assessing and/or treating a mammal having a functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). For example, methods and materials provided herein can be used for determining if a mammal having a FGID is likely to respond to a particular FGID treatment. This document also provides methods and materials for treating a mammal having a FGID.
Claims6
A method for treating a mammal having a functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) using a targeted treatment approach, wherein said method comprises:
- (a) identifying said mammal as having a small intestinal microbiome (i) comprising two or more microbes selected from group A consisting of Anaeroglobus species, Erwinia species, Escherichia species, Staphylococcus species, Scardovia species, Bifidobacterium species, Lactobacillus species, Olsenella species, Slackia species, and Shuttleworthia species;
- and (ii) comprising reduced levels of two or more microbes selected from group B consisting of Lachnoanaerobaculum species, Prevotella species, Leptotrichia species, Catonella species, Gemella species, Neisseria species, Haemophilus species, and Streptococcus species;
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- (b) administering a probiotic to said mammal, wherein said probiotic comprises one or more of said microbes selected from said group B that were identified as having said reduced levels in said step (a).
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