377 results about "Fungus Infections" patented technology

This invention relates to compounds useful for treating fungal infections, more specifically topical treatment of onychomycosis and / or cutaneous fungal infections. This invention is directed to compounds that are active against fungi and have properties that allow the compound, when placed in contact with a patient, to reach the particular part of the skin, nail, hair, claw or hoof infected by the fungus. In particular the present compounds have physiochemical properties that facilitate penetration of the nail plate.

The invention describes novel nitrosated and / or nitrosylated compounds of the invention and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and novel compositions comprising at least one nitrosated and / or nitrosylated compound of the invention, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide donor and / or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides novel compositions comprising at least one compound of the invention, and at least one nitric oxide donor and / or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides novel kits comprising at least one compound of the invention, that is optionally nitrosated and / or nitrosylated, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide donor and / or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides methods for (a) treating bacterial infections; (b) treating viral infections; (c) treating fungal infections; and (d) treating lesions. The nitrosated and / or nitrosylated compounds of the invention are preferably nitrosated and / or nitrosylated antimicrobial compounds, nitrosated and / or nitrosylated adenosine antagonists, nitrosated and / or nitrosylated LTB4 antagonists, nitrosated and / or nitrosylated mucoregulators and nitrosated and / or nitrosylated purine agonists. The methods of the invention are preferably for the treatment of bacterial infections associated with pulmonary diseases such as cystic fibrosis.

Provided is a method of treating a fungal infection on an animal epidermis, nail or hair, or in an orifice of an animal. The method comprises contacting the fungus infection with a composition comprising an antifungal botanical.

This invention relates to agricultural compositions, particularly pesticidal compositions which find particular use as a fungicide or herbicide composition. The pesticidal composition can include one or more fatty acids and one or more organic acids different from the fatty acid. The organic acid can but need not exhibit any fungicidal activity; however, when combined with a fatty acid, the organic acid functions as a potent synergist for the fatty acid as a fungicide. Additionally, the pesticidal composition can include other components such as emulsifiers, adjuvants, surfactants and diluents. The pesticidal composition significantly reduces or prevents the fungal infection of cash crops including vegetables, fruits, berries, seeds, grains and at higher application rates, can also be used as a herbicide and / or harvest aid or desiccant for harvested crops such as potatoes. The addition of an emulsifier further enhances the herbicidal properties of the compositions.

This application is directed to methods and kits for preventing the spread of sexually transmitted microorganisms among individuals. The present method is for the application of a medicament comprising an irrigant to an area of the body having, or which may have, a lesion resulting from, for example, a viral, bacteria or fungal infection, thereby damaging the microorganism within the lesion and preventing the organism from infecting human cells.

The present invention discloses compositions and methods for treating, preventing and / or monitoring viral, bacterial, eukaryotic protist and / or fungal infections. In some embodiments, these compositions and methods involve human polyclonal antibodies affinity purified from human blood using certain viral, bacterial, eukaryotic protist and / or fungal antigens as described herein. Methods of making the antigenic preparations and the affinity-purified human polyclonal antibodies for passive immunization are also provided.

Methods for producing greater biomass in a plant, increasing the drought tolerance of a plant, producing a decreased lignin concentration in a plant, producing a greater iron concentration in a plant, or inhibiting fungal infection in a plant comprise administering Bacillus subtilis FB17 to the plant, the seed of the plant, or soil surrounding the plant or the seed in an amount effective to produce greater biomass, increase the drought tolerance, produce a decreased lignin concentration, produce a greater iron concentration, or inhibit fungal infection in the plant compared to an untreated plant, respectively. Agricultural carriers and seed coatings comprising Bacillus subtilis FB17 are provided. The biomass of a plant which has been administered Bacillus subtilis FB17 can be converted to a biofuel or can be used as a food crop or in other uses.

The invention relates to newly identified gene sequences that encode novel proteases obtainable from Aspergillus niger. The invention features the full length gene sequence of the novel genes, their cDNA sequences as well as the full-length functional protein and fragments thereof. The invention also relates to methods of using these enzymes in industrial processes and methods of diagnosing fungal infections. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with DNA according to the invention and cells wherein a protease according to the invention is genetically modified to enhance or reduce its activity and / or level of expression.

The present invention concerns novel methods of identifying peptide sequences that selectively bind to fungal surface molecules. The general method, Biopanning and Rapid Analysis of Selective Interactive Ligands (BRASIL) provides for rapid and efficient separation of phage that bind to fungal surface molecules. BRASIL may be used in a pre-selection procedure to subtract phage that bind non-specifically to a first target, before exposing the subtracted library to a second target. Certain embodiments concern peptides identified by BRASIL against fungal surface components and methods of use of such peptides for delivery of therapeutic agents or imaging agents or diagnosis or treatment of fungal pathogenesis such as Invasive Aspergillus (IA). Novel compositions and treatments for IA as well as other fungal infection in immunocompromised patients are also disclosed.

The invention describes novel organic nitric oxide donor salts of a antimicrobial compounds, and novel compositions and kits comprising at least one organic nitric oxide donor salt of an antimicrobial compound, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide enhancing compound and / or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides methods for (a) treating bacterial infections; (b) treating viral infections; (c) treating fungal infections; and (d) treating lesions. In one embodiment the antimicrobial compounds of the invention are aztreonam, ciprofloxacin, doripenam, duramycin and tobramycin. The organic nitric oxide donors that form salts are preferably organic nitrates, organic nitrites, nitrosothiols, thionitrites and heterocyclic nitric oxide donors. The heterocyclic nitric oxide donors are preferably furoxans, sydnonimines, oxatriazole-5-ones and / or oxatriazole-5-imines. The methods of the invention are preferably for the treatment of bacterial infections associated with pulmonary diseases such as cystic fibrosis and for treating Bacillus anthracis infections.

The present invention includes a method for treating fungal infections, particularly onychomycosis. The method includes: applying a composition includes a photosensitizer, an effective amount of antifungal agent, and a pharmaceutically acceptable delivery system to a locus and irradiating the locus with a light source at a wavelength absorbed by the photosensitizer so as to destroy microbes at the locus. The present invention also includes a light delivery device for use in photodynamic treatment of onychomycosis comprising (i) a housing adapted to cover a nail beneath which a locus is situated; (ii) a light source; (iii) an energy source in power communication to the light source; and a controller that controls amount of light to be applied to the locus by the light source.

The invention discloses a fungus detection fluorescent dyeing liquid and a use thereof. The fungus detection fluorescent dyeing liquid comprises an independent dyeing liquid A and an independent re-dyeing liquid B. The dyeing liquid A comprises, by weight, 0.02-0.043% of a fluorescent brightener, 1-10% of potassium hydroxide, 10-20% of dimethyl sulfoxide, 0-5% of glycerin and 65-87% of water. The re-dyeing liquid B comprises, by weight, 0.1-0.5% of Evans blue and 99.50-99.90% of water. The invention discloses a use of the fungus detection fluorescent dyeing liquid. The invention provides a novel fast fungus infection detection product. The product can be used for detecting various fungi which may exist in a fresh or frozen clinical sample and paraffin and ethylene glycol methacrylate-coated tissue.

The present invention is directed to novel antifungal glycopeptide compounds and salts thereof produced by a strain of Burkholderia contaminans useful for preventing or treating fungal infection or disease in animals and plants and the bacterial strain that produces the compounds.

The invention provides a fast multiplex PCR identification diagnosis detection method of invasive fungus infection based on cfDNA (cell free DNA). The method can be used for identifying the invasive infection caused by clinic common and high-incidence Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida parapsilosis, Candida krusei, Candida glabrata and Aspergillus fumigtus. An amplification primer is designed according to characteristic genome segments of each fungus category and species; a detection fluorescence probe of a strain can be distinguished according to the amplification segment design; the real time PCR can be performed on a sample to be tested; high sensitivity of nested PCR and high specificity and multi-target performance advantages of multiple fluorescent hybrid probe PCR are integrated for identifying the fungus strain. The invention also provides a PCR diagnosis kit for the invasive fungus infection and application thereof.

The invention provides a paeonia plant extract and a preparation method and applications thereof. The extract is prepared from paeonia seed cases, wherein the content of total polyphenol is 40%-90%, and the total polyphenol contains stilbene ingredient. Proved by experiment research, the extract or drug composition thereof can be used for preventing or treating fungus infection diseases, virus infection disease, cancer and other diseases.

The invention relates to application of an effective part of a cockroach extract in preparing a drug for inhibiting fungus growth, and particularly relates to application of an effective part obtained by refining a crude cockroach extract through macroporous adsorption resin in the aspect of preparing a drug capable of resisting fungal infection. The effective part is refined from a fresh or dried Periplaneta americana L. polypide product through alcohol and water extraction, macroporous adsorption resin column chromatography and alcohol solvent elution, and has an obvious inhibition effect on the growth activity of candida albicans and a fungus growth inhibition capacity 80 times higher than that of fluconazole and 5-fluorocytosine and 800 times higher than that of amphotericin. The effective part of the cockroach extract can be prepared into forms, such as a hydrogel, a frothy gel, a cataplasm, freeze-dried powder, a water aqua, an aerosol, a suppository, a film, an external liniment, an ointment and the like, and is used for preparing pharmaceutical preparations for preventing and curing fungal infection, medical appliances and daily-use chemical products.

Described herein are the systems and methods of treating diseases related to fungal infection with light therapy. In one embodiment, an apparatus that utilizes one or multiple light emitting diodes (LED) to treat the fungus is applied externally to the infection area. Light therapy may applied periodically at scheduled times with continuous or pulsed radiation.

The present invention relates to a method for screening and identifying compounds that modulate the activity of one or more components in the tRNA splicing pathway. In particular the invention relates to a method for screening and identifying compounds that modulate the activity tRNA splicing endonuclease and / or tRNA splicing ligase. The invention provides assays for the identification of compounds that inhibit animalia tRNA splicing endonuclease and / or animalia tRNA splicing ligase. The invention also provides assays for the identification of compounds that inhibit fungal tRNA splicing endonuclease and / or fungal tRNA splicing ligase. The methods of the present invention provide a simple, sensitive assay for high-throughput screening of libraries of compounds to identify pharmaceutical leads useful for treating and / or preventing cancer and / or fungal infections.

The present invention pertains to substances of the formula (I) wherein X is O or S; and R1-R4 are defined in the claims as inhibitors of glyoxalase I and / or II, pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds according to formula (I) and the use of one or more compounds according to formula (I) for the treatment of diseases associated with increased glycolytic metabolism. In one embodiment, the disease is a fungal infection.

The subject invention concerns methods and materials for determining the presence or absence of bacterial or fungal infection in a blood sample. In one embodiment, a method of the invention comprises exposing an anticoagulant treated blood sample to freezing the sample to a solid, followed by thawing of the sample and then agitation of the sample to develop foam and then observing the rate that foam dissolves.

The invention discloses a lilium regale WRKY transcription factor gene LrWRKY3 and a preparation method thereof. A nucleotide sequence of the gene is shown as SEQ ID NO: 1, and a protein with an aminoacid sequence shown as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2; according to the invention, functional genomics related technical researches prove that the LrWRKY3 gene has the function of improving the antifungal performance of plants; the antifungal LrWRKY3 gene disclosed by the invention is constructed on a plant expression vector and is transferred into tobacco for overexpression; the transgenic tobacco plantshave very strong fungus infection resistance, and experimental results show that transgenic tobacco leaves with over-expression of LrWRKY3 have very strong resistance to infection of five pathogenicfungi such as alternaria oryzae, Botryosphaeria dothidea, fusarium graminearum, Fusarium rotunda and fusarium solani.

The present invention relates to the field of antimicrobials and pharmaceutical sciences. The invention provides anti-fungal compositions for the management of fungal growth and treatment of fungal infections, including treatment of resistant fungal infections. The present compositions comprise at least one antifungal agent and at least one medium-chain saturated or unsaturated fatty acid having carbon chain length of C-1 to C-14 or ester thereof, optionally along with excipient(s), giving rise to a synergistic antifungal activity.

The invention provides a polypeptide having the molecular weight of 3321.6 Da and having an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO.1. The invention also provides six derivatives of the polypeptide. The polypeptide and the derivatives thereof provided by the invention have efficient broad-spectrum bacteriostatic effect on gram positive bacteria and gram negative bacteria (especially having good killing effect on anti-clindamycin anaerobic propionibacterium acnes), fungi and yeasts, and have high activity (the concentration for killing the propionibacterium acnes in vitro can be only 0.125 mg / L). The polypeptide and the derivatives thereof can be applied in preparation of microbial bacterial and fungal infection-controlling and anti-inflammatory products, wherein the products include externally-applied disinfectants, anti-bacterial agents, wound-protection or infection-prevention dressings, acne treating drugs, skin care products, cosmetics and the like. The polypeptide is designed and synthesized based on a tryptophan bromide-containing fragment of a marine biological sea urchin, has stronger bacteria inhibiting or killing and anti-inflammatory effects and better stability, and can be used as an antibiotic substitute.

The invention relates to a panax notoginseng seedling protection film, and a preparation method and an application thereof. The film provided by the invention is a water-soluble gel prepared by using a water-soluble film-forming material, panax notoginseng polysaccharide, a root growth promoter, a preservative, and a pesticide. With the material, a protection film can be formed on the surface of a panax notoginseng seedling. With the panax notoginseng seedling protection film provided by the invention, water loss of panax notoginseng seedling during a transplanting process can be reduced, and seedling surface skin damage caused by abrasion during transportation or during transplanting can be reduced. Therefore, fungal infection or insect attack caused by damages after transplanting can be reduced, occurrence rate of panax notoginseng root rot, sclerotinia stem rot, sheath blight, anthracnose, and blight can be reduced, and panax notoginseng survival rate can be improved. The panax notoginseng seedling protection film provided by the invention has good physiochemical performances such as film-forming performance, water resistance, air permeability, water permeability, and the like. Therefore, healthy growth of crops can be protected.

The invention discloses an in-shoe sterilization device and a sterilization method. The overall shape of the device is in a shoe tree shape, the device comprises a front end part and a rear end part; the front end part and the rear end part are connected through an elastic connection part; the front end part has a hollow structure, a UV generator and a photosensitive sensor are arranged in the front end part, a pressure sensor, a controller, and a power supply are arranged in the rear end part, and a start button is arranged on the upper end of the rear end part. The UV rays can effectively kill fungi in shoes to prevent repeated fungus infection, at the same time dual detections namely pressure sensor and photosensitive sensor are adopted to prevent the fault start of UV generation, the UV is generated after the device is completely inserted into the shoes, and the harms to human body is prevented.

The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods that are effective in controlling and preventing bacterial, viral and fungal infections in the living tissue of plants, humans and animals, and in advancing the healing process for wounds to that tissue. The disclosed compositions comprise a biocidal system, a pH buffer, and one or more of a surfactant, a cellular energy supplement, an inflammation reducer, a clotting agent, an electrolytic system, a lattice forming system, and for plants a fungicide, all in an aqueous composition.