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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1988
Heinz J Schmitt, Millington, NJ (US);
Donald Armstrong, New York, NY (US);
Edward M Bernard, Alandale, NJ (US);
Memorial Hospital For Cancer and Allied Dieseas, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
This invention concerns a method of preventing a pulmonary infection by a fungus in a subject susceptible to infection by the fungus comprising administering to the subject an amount per dose in an aerosol spray of a polyene or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, effective to prevent pulmonary infection by the fungus. This invention further discloses a method of treating pulmonary aspergillosis in a subject comprising administering to the subject an amount per dose in an aerosol spray of a polyene, e.g., amphotericin B or pimaricin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof effective to treat aspergillosis.