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  • Use of bacterial phage associated lysing enzymes for treating streptococcal infections of the upper respiratory tract
    Patent number: 6326002
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for treating Streptococcal infections of the upper respiratory tract, comprising administering an effective amount of a lysin enzyme produced by group C Streptococcal bacteria infected with a C1 bacteriophage specific for the bacteria to a mouth, throat, or nasal passage of a mammal, the method providing a concentration of from about 100 to 500,000 active enzyme units per milliliter of fluid in the environment of said nasal or oral passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: New Horizons Diagnostics Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent Fischetti, Lawrence Loomis