LACTIC ACID BACTERIA STRAINS USEFUL AGAINST UROGENITAL PATHOGENS AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME

摘要

Lactic acid bacteria strains of the genus L. acidophilus, L. crispatus, L. gasseri, L. helveticus and L. jensenii have been selected for their ability to kill urogenital and/or gastrointestinal pathogens and their ability to inhibit internalization of urogenital and/or gastrointestinal pathogens within vaginal epithelial cells, as well as for their ability to modulate a humoral and/or cellular immune response at the vaginal and/or gastrointestinal level, in particular to inhibit the inflammatory syndrome as well as the infectious syndrome. Pharmaceutical composition useful for preventing or treating urogenital infections in females which comprises a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of said strains in combination with a suitable galenical carrier.