Methods for the Inhibition and Dispersal of Biofilms
AssigneeAuspherix Limited
InventorsIan Charles, Alber Dagmar
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to methods for inhibiting microbial growth, inhibiting biofilm formation or development, disrupting existing biofilms, reducing the biomass of a biofilm, and methods for sensitizing a biofilm and microorganisms with the biofilm to an antimicrobial agent.
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A method for reducing the biomass of a biofilm in a subject in need thereof, comprising exposing the biofilm to an effective amount of auranofin.
A method for promoting the dispersal of microorganisms from a biofilm in a subject in need thereof, comprising exposing the biofilm to an effective amount of auranofin.
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A method for inhibiting biofilm formation in a subject in need thereof, comprising exposing a biofilm-forming microorganism in said subject to an effective amount of auranofin.
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A method of sensitizing a microorganism in a biofilm to an antimicrobial agent by exposing the biofilm to an effective amount of auranofin.
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