Agent for the anti-adhesion of skin pathogenic flora
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsMarkus Baur, Ralf Zink, Isabelle Auzanneau, Karine Buffard
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Abstract
Bacterial agents for preparing compositions which are for cosmetic, pharmaceutical or veterinary use and which are intended to stabilize and/or regulate the cutaneous ecosystem of mammals. These bacterial agents are extracts of a bacterium, or a bacterium and are selected for their adhesion to skin cells and anti-adhesion to pathogens of the cutaneous system. The invention also relates to compositions containing such agents.
Claims2
A method of treating a skin infection caused by methycilin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus by topical application of a pharmaceutical composition comprising 0.5% to 1% by weight of Lactobacillus johnsonii CNCM I-1225 to the infected skin, wherein the treatment with Lactobacillus johnsonii CNCM I-1225 decreases the number of methycilin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteria in the infected skin.
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