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US 6,656,468 B1Granted
Clostridial toxin disease therapy
AssigneePromega Corporation
InventorsSean B. Carroll, Margaret B. van Boldrik, Christopher M. Clemens
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Abstract
Treating humans and animals intoxicated with a bacterial toxin by administration of antitoxin. Avian antitoxin in an aqueous solution in therapeutic amount that is orally administrable.
Claims15
A method of treatment of enteric bacterial infections comprising:
- a) providing:
- i) avian antitoxin in an aqueous solution in therapeutic amount that is orally administrable, and
- ii) at least one infected subject;
- and
- b) orally administering said avian antitoxin to said subject.
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A method of treatment of enteric bacterial infections comprising:
- a) immunizing an avian species with one or more bacterial toxins so as to generate neutralizing antitoxin;
- b) mixing said neutralizing antitoxin with nutritional formula in a therapeutic amount to create a mixture that is orally administrable, and
- c) orally administering said mixture to a subject having an enteric bacterial infection.
A method of treatment of enteric bacterial infections comprising:
- a) providing:
- i) avian antitoxin, said antitoxin purified by precipitation, in an aqueous solution in therapeutic amount that is orally administrable, and
- ii) at least one infected subject;
- and
- b) orally administering said avian antitoxin to said subject.
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