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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2017
Scott E. Gygax, Yardley, PA (US);
Sean Chadwick, Florence, NJ (US);
Aditya Prasad, Marlton, NJ (US);
Martin E. Adelson, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Eli Mordechai, Robbinsville, NJ (US);
Scott E. Gygax, Yardley, PA (US);
Sean Chadwick, Florence, NJ (US);
Aditya Prasad, Marlton, NJ (US);
Martin E. Adelson, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Eli Mordechai, Robbinsville, NJ (US);
Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, LLC., Hamilton, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is based on the discovery of polymorphisms (SNPs) in the penicillin binding protein (pbp3) gene in. The presence of G88A and/or G2047A SNPs provides an accurate, reliable biomarker for the presence of Methicillin Resistant(MRSA), specifically the community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA). The present invention provides reagents used for detecting the SNPs as well as methods of identifying and using these variants to screen subjects for presence of CA-MRSA. The methods involve isolating a biological sample from a mammal (preferably a human) and testing for the presence of a SNP in the pbp3 gene which is associated with CA-MRSA.