Method for treating gram positive septicemia
US5624904A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 17, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2220/58
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Macrophage scavenger receptor protein or active fragments thereof bind specifically to the lipoteichoic acid residues on the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall. This protein or active fragments thereof can be used in a variety of methods including methods to specifically purify lipoteichoic acid, to preferentially label or detect lipoteichoic acid or lipoteichoic acid-containing compounds or cells, and to treat patients having Gram-positive bacterial infections such as septicemia and associated pathophysiological states such as septic shock.
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