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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2001
Applicants:
Vincent Fischetti, West Hempstead, NY (US);
Lawrence Loomis, Columbia, MD (US);
Inventors:
Vincent Fischetti, West Hempstead, NY (US);
Lawrence Loomis, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignees:
New Horizons Diagnostics Corp, Columbia, MD (US);
Rockefeller University, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and composition for the treatment of bacterial infections by the parenteral introduction of at least one lytic enzyme produced by a bacteria infected with a bacteriophage specific for that bacteria and an appropriate carrier for delivering the lytic enzyme into a patient. The injection can be done intramuscularly, subcutaneously, or intravenously.