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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2006
Applicants:
Michael Climo, Richmond, VA (US);
Ellen Murphy, Bronx, NY (US);
Gordon Archer, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nutrition 21, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/16 (2006.01); A61K 38/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Co-administration of a lysostaphin or other anti-staphylococcal agent which cleaves cross-links of peptidoglycans ofcell walls such as lysostaphin and an antibiotic effective againstdue to antibiotic activity mediated by cell-wall activity is effective against staphylococcal infection, eventhat may be resistant to one or other of lysostaphin or the cell-wall active antibiotic. Co-administration simultaneously suppresses the generation of antibiotic-resistant mutant strains. Effective cell-wall active antibiotics include β-lactams and glycopeptides.