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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Tor Savidge, League City, TX (US);
Emily Hollister-Branton, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2018.01); A61K 35/742 (2015.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); A61K 35/742 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include methods and/or compositions for analysis of samples forinfection to determine whether or not an individual is at risk for having recurrentinfection or a CDI misdiagnosis. Methods include characterization of microflora composition from the gut, wherein alterations of the microflora gut composition are indicative of recurrence of infection. Methods include analysis of nucleic acids from the gut, such as 16S rRNA as being identifying of a particular bacteria in the analysis of bacterial populations of the gut.