ContraFect Announces Multiple Publications Highlighting the Potential Utility of Lysins for the Treatment of Bone and Joint Infections
YONKERS, N.Y., Sept. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ContraFect Corporation (Nasdaq:CFRX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of direct lytic agents (DLAs), including lysins and amurin peptides, as new medical modalities for the treatment of life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant infections, announces today the publication of an editorial in the Journal of Bone and Joint Infection discussing the potential for each of the Company’s lysins, exebacase and CF-296, as additional agents in the treatment armamentarium against bone and joint infections (BJIs) due to their in vitro activity against coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), the bacteria most frequently involved in implant-associated BJIs, and their potential for both local and systemic anti-biofilm activity. The authors conclude that these advantages could compensate for the treatment challenges with current antibiotic treatments against staphylococcal BJIs alone.