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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alfa Wassermann S.p.A., Alanno, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514279 ; 514394 ; 514867 ;
Abstract
The use of therapeutically effective amounts of rifaxmin and of pharmaceutical compositions containing it in the treatment of the diarrhoeal symptomatology in case of cryptosporidiosis in patients suffering from severe forms of immunodepression, for instance patients suffering from AIDS or malignant neoplasias, or subjected to transplantations or treated with chemotherapeutic or immunosuppressive agents is the object of the present invention.