Patent ID: 8435960

Claim:
A method of treating a wound comprising applying to said wound a composition comprising an antibacterial formulation comprising a protonated/acidified nucleic acid of up to 23 nucleotides, wherein said protonated/acidified nucleic acid comprises a backbone structure modified from that of naturally occurring nucleic acids, and wherein said protonated/acidified nucleic acid has a pH of about 1.0 to about 4.0 when dissolved in water, wherein said composition inhibits the growth of pathogenic bacteria in said wound, wherein said pathogenic bacteria is selected from the group consisting of Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus mutans, Escherichia coli , and Klebsiella pneumonia , thereby treating said wound.