US Patent Issued to City University of Hong Kong on May 12 for "Methods for treating hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,919, issued on May 12, was assigned to City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong).

"Methods for treating hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection" was invented by Sheng Chen (Hong Kong), Guan Yang (Hong Kong), Qi Xu (Hong Kong) and Xiaoxuan Liu (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of treating a hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) infection in a subject in need thereof, the method involving co-administering a therapeutically effective amount of an antibiotic and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug or a signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 inhibitor to the subject."

The patent was filed on March ...