Compositions and methods for treating gonorrhea
AssigneesArizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, The Henry M. Jackson Foudation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
InventorsWon Jong Kim, María Auxilio Rendón-Espinosa, Magdalene Yh So, Maira Goytia, Ann Jerse, Dustin Higashi
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Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preventing and/or treating gonorrhea. In particular, the present invention provides compositions comprising an effective amount of a commensal species of Neisseria (e.g., an effective amount of an extract of a commensal species of Neisseria), wherein such compositions are capable of inhibiting the growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
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A method for the inhibition of bacterial growth and/or for the killing of bacteria in a product, comprising the step of adding to the target bacterium a composition comprising an effective amount of a commensal species of Neisseria, thereby inhibiting bacterial growth and/or killing said bacteria.
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A composition comprising either at least a portion of a gene product capable of inhibiting bacterial growth and/or killing bacteria or nucleic acid capable of inhibiting bacterial growth or inducing the killing of said bacterium upon exposure with the bacterium,
- wherein the gene product is encoded by nucleic acid in a commensal species of Neisseria,
- wherein the nucleic acid encodes a gene product selected from the group consisting of a polypeptide, an amino acid sequence and a non-proteinaceous molecule.
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