Patent
The present invention relates to a bacterial strain of the Faecalibacterium prausnitzii species selected from a bacterial strain belonging to one of the phylogroups I, II and III, for use in the treatment and/or prevention of visceral abdominal pain in an individual. The present invention also concerns compositions comprising said bacterial strains as well as specific strains as such.
1. Method for the treatment of visceral abdominal pain in an individual, comprising administering to said individual a bacterial strain of the Faecalibacteriunm prausnitzii species, the bacterial strain being the strain deposited to the CNCM under the accession number I-4573.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the visceral abdominal pain is a gastrointestinal pain.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the visceral abdominal pain is caused by a gastrointestinal disorder.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the gastrointestinal disorder is a gastrointestinal hypersensitivity.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the bacterial strain is comprised in a composition comprising a physiologically acceptable medium.