Composition for treating infectious diseases, gout or arteriosclerosis containing human pepsin and/or human leukocyte pepsin-like enzyme and method for using same

摘要

There are provided a pharmaceutical composition having an effect to control phagocytic function, which comprises a pharmaceutically effective amount of human pepsin and/or a human leukocyte pepsin-like enzyme and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a therapeutic method using said composition. The pharmaceutical composition is useful for treatment of infectious diseases, gout and arteriosclerosis.