Method, composition, and delivery mode for treatment of prostatitis and other urogenital infections using a probiotic rectal suppository

摘要

This invention is a probiotic composition using the delivery mode of a rectal suppository for the treatment and relief of symptoms of urogenital infections including prostatitis. This invention is unique in both mode of delivery and in enabling the treatment of such urogenital infections as prostatitis. The present invention discloses compositions, methodologies, and delivery mode for the utilization of probiotic organisms in therapeutic compositions for treatment and relief from the symptoms of urogenital infections by maintaining and restoring normal flora in humans. The composition includes one or more bacteria selected from the genus Lactobacillus. More specifically, the invention relates to the utilization of one or more species or strains of Lactobacillus producing bacteria for the control of urinary tract bacteria and pathogens, including antibiotic-resistant urinary tract pathogens, and their associated diseases by both a reduction in the rate of colonization of the infection and pathogens. The method for treatment and relief from symptoms includes administration via a rectal suppository with a safe and effective amount of the composition. The delivery mode for administering the probiotic is via a rectal suppository. The delivery through the rectum provides an optimum method of transmission of the treatment.