| CPC A61M 16/12 (2013.01) [A61K 33/00 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61P 31/00 (2018.01); A61B 5/0833 (2013.01); A61B 5/14507 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0007 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0275 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |

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1. A method of delivering gaseous nitric oxide (gNO) to a patient in need thereof, the method comprising administering, by intermittent inhalation, 200 ppm to 320 ppm gNO for 10 to 45 minutes 2 to 5 times per day to provide a therapeutic amount of gNO wherein the therapeutic amount is a nitric oxide-load (NO load) of 300 ppm-hrs to 900 ppm-hrs of gNO per day over a period of at least 14 days; wherein the patient has a condition associated with a pathogenic microorganism; wherein the pathogenic microorganism is non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM); and wherein the therapeutic amount of gNO results in a reduction of a bacterial load of the NTM.
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