ANTIMICROBIAL CHARGED POLYMERS THAT EXHIBIT RESISTANCE TO LYSOMAL DEGRADATION DURING KIDNEY FILTRATION AND RENAL PASSAGE, COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF

摘要

Methods and compositions for treating or preventing microbial infection in mammals with sulfated polysaccharides wherein the polysaccharides have a degree of sulfation effective to enable maximal interaction of constituent sulfate groups with the microbe which causes the infection and wherein the sulfated polysaccharide is not substantially endocytosed or degraded by cell receptor binding in the mammal and thereby retains antimicrobial activity in vivo.