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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventor:
Hector R. Wong, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/6869 (2013.01); G01N 33/6893 (2013.01); G01N 33/74 (2013.01); G01N 2333/585 (2013.01); G01N 2800/26 (2013.01); G01N 2800/7095 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods of diagnosing bacterial infection in a critically ill patient. The methods include obtaining a sample from the patient and determining the patient's level of IL-27 expression. Embodiments of the invention are also directed to methods that include determining both the patient's levels of IL-27 expression and PCT expression and using the combined result to provide a diagnosis of bacterial infection in a critically ill patient.