ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC A61K31/4706 A61P31/04 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions refers to medicine and aims at inhibiting or treating bacterial or fungal infections. Antimicrobial composition contains a chelating agent or salts thereof, methylsulphonylmethane (MSM) and an acceptable carrier or base for such compositions. Chelating agent contains from about 0.1 % to about 15 % (weight/weight), transport agent - from about 0.1 % to about 40 % (weight/weight), ratio of chelating agent and MSM is from about 10:1 to about 1:20. Methods are provided for suppressing bacterial infections associated with biofilms, inhibiting contamination of a medical or surgical instrument with bacteria or fungi, facilitating separation of bacterial or fungal cells from biofilm, suppression or treatment of bacterial or fungal infections, including introduction or contact with said composition. Invention also provides a medical device, a dressing material, a transdermal plaster, a personal cleansing composition for personal hygiene and an oral rinse agent containing said composition.

EFFECT: using the group of inventions enables effective control and inhibition of biofilm formation in medical and industrial applications.

46 cl, 1 dwg, 4 ex