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1. A method comprising administering to a subject, wherein the subject has an infection or an infectious lesion, an immunoconjugate comprising:
(a) an antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment that targets an antigen or epitope or iron-siderophore chelate receptor on a pathogen associated with said infection or infectious lesion; (b) a chemotherapeutic moiety; and (c) a linker comprising (i) a thiol-reactive functional group that binds to a thiol group on the antibody, and (ii) a water-solubilizing moiety selected from the group consisting of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid (TTHA), benzyl-DTPA, 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N′,N″,N′″-tetraacetic acid (DOTA), benzyl-DOTA, 1,4,7-triazacyclononane-N,N′,N″-triacetic acid (NOTA), benzyl-NOTA, 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-1,4,8,11-tetraacetic acid (TETA) and N,N′-dialkyl substituted piperazine,wherein the chemotherapeutic moiety is attached to the linker via an intracellularly-cleavable moiety that is cleavable by intracellular esterases and comprises an ester formed from the α-carboxylic acid of an amino acid, and said thiol-reactive functional group is a maleimide or vinylsulfone which links to thiol groups of said antibody. |