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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Daniel P. Perl, Dobbs Ferry, NY (US);
Sharon Moalem, New York, NY (US);
Daniel P. Perl, Dobbs Ferry, NY (US);
Sharon Moalem, New York, NY (US);
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for preventing or treating infectious diseases caused by extracellular microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, by systemically administering to a patient a compound containing gallium. The extracellular microorganisms targeted by the present methods include methicillin-resistant(MRSA), vancomycin-resistant(VRE),O157:H7, fluoroquinolone-resistant, and the like. Furthermore, in the present methods, gallium compounds can be co-administered with one or more conventional antimicrobial agents to treat infectious diseases with reduced risks of creating multi-drug resistant pathogens. The methods of the present invention is also applicable to those microorganisms, such as ulcer-causing, complete eradication of which so far has been difficult to achieve.