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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2005
Martin G. Pomper, Baltimore, MD (US);
Chetan Bettegowda, Charlotte, NC (US);
Catherine Foss, Baltimore, MD (US);
Shibin Zhou, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Kenneth Kinzler, Baltimore, MD (US);
Bert Vogelstein, Baltimore, MD (US);
Martin G. Pomper, Baltimore, MD (US);
Chetan Bettegowda, Charlotte, NC (US);
Catherine Foss, Baltimore, MD (US);
Shibin Zhou, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Kenneth Kinzler, Baltimore, MD (US);
Bert Vogelstein, Baltimore, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The instant invention provides a method for diagnosing an infection in a subject by administering to the subject a compound suitable for imaging which binds to a thymidine kinase present in the infecting organism, and obtaining an image of the subject to determine the presence and location of the compound, wherein a localization of the compound is indicative that the subject has an infection.