Method for diagnosing, preventing, and treating neurological diseases
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
InventorSydney Martin Finegold
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Abstract
The invention provides for methods of treating autism associated with Desulfovibrio overgrowth in the gastrointestinal tract of a patient, said method comprising administering to the patient suffering from said autism a treatment course of aztreonam in an amount effective to treat autism in the patient, thereby treating autism.
Claims5
A method of treating autism associated with Desulfovibrio overgrowth in the gastrointestinal tract of a patient, said method comprising administering to the patient suffering from said autism a treatment course of aztreonam and a beta-lactamase inhibitor in an amount effective to treat autism in the patient, thereby treating autism, wherein the beta-lactamase inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of clavulanic acid, tazobactam, sulbactam and LK-157.
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