Patent ID: 8084044

Claim:
A method for prophylactically treating or treating a disease associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa , comprising administering an effective amount of an antibody or fragment thereof which specifically binds to a peptide selected from the group consisting of (i) a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6, (ii) a peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 which contains one to two conservative substitutions, and (iii) a peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 and having a single amino acid added to the end thereof, the peptide being functionally equivalent to a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6, to a mammal including a human, wherein the disease associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is selected from the group consisting of a systematic infectious disease, an otolaryngologic infectious disease, a pulmonological infectious disease, a surgical infectious disease, an opthalmological infectious disease, and an urinary tract infection.