Amoeba therapeutic dressings, biomaterials, and solutions
A method of treating or preventing a microbial infection in a subject is described. The method includes contacting a microorganism within the subject with a composition comprising one or more species of amoebae of the genus Willaertia . Antibiotic wound dressings and kits for providing amoeba for treatment or prevention of microbial infection in a subject are also described.
1. A method of treating or preventing a microbial infection in a subject, comprising: contacting a microorganism within the subject with a composition comprising one or more species of amoebae of the genus Willaertia.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises one or more species of amoebae of the genus Willaertia in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subject has a skin wound, and the amoebas are administered to the skin wound.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the skin wound is a chronic wound.
5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising placing a wound dressing onto the skin wound of the subject.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more species of amoebae is a Willaertia magna species of amoebas.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the microbial infection is a bacterial infection.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the bacteria are antibiotic-resistant.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the amoebas are administered from the wound dressing.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the amoebas are administered in cyst form.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising contacting the wound with collagen.
12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising co-administering a therapeutic agent to the subject.