Dry powders of metal-containing compounds
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1. A method of treating a human or animal subject having a condition, the method comprising:
- contacting an area of the subject having the condition with an antimicrobial nanocrystalline metal-containing compound by dry inhaling a safe and therapeutically effective amount of a free-standing powder of the antimicrobial nanocrystalline metal-containing compound, wherein;
the condition is selected from the group consisting of bacterial respiratory conditions, microbial respiratory conditions, fungal respiratory conditions and viral respiratory conditions, the antimicrobial nanocrystalline metal-containing compound contains a metal selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum and palladium, and the free-standing powder of the antimicrobial nanocrystalline metal-containing compound has an average particle size of less than about two microns.
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Dry powders of metal-containing compounds are disclosed. Methods of preparing and using the dry powders, particularly in the treatment of a subject having a condition, are also disclosed. The metal-containing material can be, for example, an antimicrobial material, an antibacterial material, an anti-inflammatory material, an anti-fungal material, an anti-viral material, an anti-cancer material, a pro-apoptosis material, and/or an MMP modulating material. In certain embodiments, the metal-containing material is an atomically disordered, silver-containing material.
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1. A method of treating a human or animal subject having a condition, the method comprising:
contacting an area of the subject having the condition with an antimicrobial nanocrystalline metal-containing compound by dry inhaling a safe and therapeutically effective amount of a free-standing powder of the antimicrobial nanocrystalline metal-containing compound, wherein;
the condition is selected from the group consisting of bacterial respiratory conditions, microbial respiratory conditions, fungal respiratory conditions and viral respiratory conditions, the antimicrobial nanocrystalline metal-containing compound contains a metal selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum and palladium, and the free-standing powder of the antimicrobial nanocrystalline metal-containing compound has an average particle size of less than about two microns. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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