Biotherapeutics for the treatment of infectious diseases

摘要

An occlusive dressing made with an elastomeric gel and one or more active agents is described. The elastomeric gel contains a plasticizing oil phase and a block copolymer agent. Methods of preventing, treating, curing or mitigating an infectious disease and methods of making the dressings are also disclosed.

主权项

1. An occlusive dressing consisting essentially of:
(a) an elastomeric gel consisting of 90 to 95% by weight of a plasticizing oil and 5 to 9% by weight of a block copolymer phase, said block copolymer phase consisting of styrene ethylene butylene styrene block copolymer (SEBS) and styrene ethylene propylene styrene block copolymer (SEPS) in a ratio of 1:1, and (b) one or more active agents selected from the group consisting of antifungal compounds for treating yeast infections caused by Candida sp.