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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
May. 23, 2005
Jeffrey A. Kline, Charlotte, NC (US);
Jackeline Hernandez, Charlotte, NC (US);
John Albert Watts, Jr., Huntersville, NC (US);
Jeffrey A. Kline, Charlotte, NC (US);
Jackeline Hernandez, Charlotte, NC (US);
John Albert Watts, Jr., Huntersville, NC (US);
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for determining whether a subject has Gram negative bacterial pneumonia based on the presence of lipopolysaccharide in exhaled breath condensate collected from the subject. The collection devices utilized to collect exhaled breath condensate from both spontaneously breathing and mechanically ventilated subjects and the devices utilized to determine whether lipopolysaccharide is present in the collected exhaled breath condensate.