Patent ID: 7329409

Claim:
A method for inducing an immune response in a subject to Staphylococcus aureus infections, comprising, administering to a human or animal a composition comprising an effective amount of a bacterial lysate to induce an immune response, wherein the bacterial lysate is obtained from lysis of at least one bacterial strain by infection with at least one bacteriophage, wherein, a) the at least one bacterial strain is a Staphylococcus aureus ( S. aureus ) strain deposited with the Czech Collection of Microorganisms (CCM) having accession numbers CCM 4992, CCM 4993, CCM 4994, CCM 4995, CCM 4996, CCM 4997, or CCM 4998; and, b) the at least one bacteriophage is a bacteriophage deposited with the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmBH (DSM) having accession number DSM 14614, DSM 14615, or DSM 14616.