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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, Houston, TX (US);
Victor Fainstein, Houston, TX (US);
Evan M Hersh, Tucson, AZ (US);
Roy L Hopfer, Houston, TX (US);
Rudolph L Juliano, Houston, TX (US);
Kapil Mehta, Houston, TX (US);
Reeta Mehta, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 31 ; 514 78 ; 424 78 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for treatment of disseminated fungal infection in a mammal comprising the administration of a fungicidally effective amount of Amphotericin B encapsulated in a substantially sterol-free liposome to the infected mammal. Also provided is an agent for treatment of disseminated fungal infection in a mammal comprising Amphotericin B encapsulated in a liposome which consists essentially of lipids other than sterols.