Method for preventing or treating pseudo-membranous colitis

Patent 4595590 Issued on June 17, 1986. Estimated Expiration Date:

January 17, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Patent References

Process for the preparation of immunopotentiating agents from components of yeast cell wall material
Patent #: 4138479
Issued on: 02/06/1979
Inventor: Truscheit , et al.

Oral ingesta for animals Patent #: 4265913
Issued on: 05/05/1981
Inventor: Eichelburg

Inventors

Assignee

Laboratoires Biocodex

Application

No. 06/571523 filed on 01/17/1984

US Classes:

424/93.51, Yeast435/940Saccharomyces

Examiners

Primary: Schain, Howard E.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Young & Thompson

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for preventing or treating pseudo-membranous colitis in a patient submitted to antibiotic treatment by means of Saccharomyces yeasts.

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