TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF DISEASES MEDIATED BY MICROORGANISMS VIA DRUG-MEDIATED MANIPULATION OF THE EICOSANOID BALANCE
申请人:Mayer-Barber Katrin
公开号:US20140171445A1
公开(公告)日:2014-06-19
The invention provides a method of enhancing the efficacy of antibiotic treatment of tuberculosis, trypanosomiasis, leprosy, and leishmaniasis involving co-administering to a mammal undergoing antibiotic treatment therapeutically effective amounts of a first compound that is an inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase and optionally a second compound that is a product of the cyclooxygenase pathways. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an antibiotic, an inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase, and a product of the cyclooxygenase pathways.