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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2014
Techlab, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
James Hunter Boone, Christianburg, VA (US);
David M. Lyerly, Radford, VA (US);
Tracy D. Wilkins, Riner, VA (US);
Robert J. Carman, Christianburg, VA (US);
TECHLAB, INC., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
disease involves a range of clinical presentations ranging from mild to self-limiting diarrhea to life-threatening pseudomembranous colitis and megacolon. Cases ofare treated differently depending on severity of disease. Mild and moderate cases may be treated with metronidazole while moderate-to-severe and relapsing cases are often treated with vancomycin or fidaxomicin. The presence ofdisease is detected using a biomarker panel that includesantigen (GDH), toxins A and B, and fecal lactoferrin. In patients suspected ofdisease, if GDH is detected indicating the presence of, and then toxins A and/or B are detected to indicate toxigenicand support a diagnosis of-associated disease, fecal lactoferrin concentrations are measured to determine severity of the disease by indicating the amount of intestinal inflammation.