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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Andreas Bergmann, Berlin, DE;
Inventor:
Andreas Bergmann, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
B.R.A.H.M.S. Aktiengesellschaft, Hennigsdorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A01N 63/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/38 (2006.01); G01N 33/554 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method for early differential diagnosis and detection, for prognosis and for assessing the severity and for therapy-accompanying assessment of the course of sepsis and sepsis-like systemic infections, in which, preferably with determination of at least one further parameter suitable for sepsis diagnosis, the amount of S100B in a biological fluid of a patient in whom a sepsis is present or sepsis is suspected is determined and conclusions with regard to the presence, the expected course, the severity and/or the success of initiated measures for the therapy of sepsis are drawn from the determined amount of S100B.