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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward M Bernard, New York, NY (US);
Donald Armstrong, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 45 ; 424 40 ; 424 54 ; 424 86 ; 514631 ; 514636 ; 514885 ; 514957 ; 514958 ;
Abstract
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia may be prevented in a subject susceptible to infection by Pneumocystis carinii by administering to the subject an amount of a pentamidine in aerosol form effective to prevent infection by Pneumocystis carinii and thus prevent Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Also, this invention provides a composition for the prevention of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia which comprises an amount of a pentamidine effective to prevent infection by Pneumocystis carinii and thus prevent Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in aerosol form and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.