METHOD OF TREATING OR PREVENTING RESPIRATORY MICROBIAL INFECTION OF RESPIRATORY TISSUE

摘要

A method of treatment for treating, preventing, inhibiting or reducing respiratory microbial infection of respiratory tissue of a subject, includes administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a composition including an antimicrobial agent including amino acid sequence LKKTET or LKKTNT, a conservative variant thereof, or an agent that stimulates production of an LKKTET or LKKTNT peptide, or a conservative variant thereof, in the tissue, so as to inhibit the infection.