Patent ID: 11890421
Assignee: BEYOND AIR LTD
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A method for sensitizing or re-sensitizing a microorganism to an antimicrobial agent, comprising:
(i) contacting said microorganism with a sensitizing or re-sensitizing effective amount of nitric oxide; and
(ii) contacting said microorganism with a therapeutically effective amount of said antimicrobial agent, wherein said antimicrobial agent is other than said nitric oxide and said sensitizing or re-sensitizing effective amount being lower than a therapeutically effective amount of said nitric oxide with respect to said pathogenic microorganism; and, wherein said pathogenic microorganism exhibits a resistance to said antimicrobial agent prior to said administering said potentiating effective amount of nitric oxide.