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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Andreas Bergmann, Berlin, DE;
Oliver Hartmann, Berlin, DE;
Frauke Hein, Berlin, DE;
Beat Müller, Basel, CH;
Inventors:
Andreas Bergmann, Berlin, DE;
Oliver Hartmann, Berlin, DE;
Frauke Hein, Berlin, DE;
Beat Müller, Basel, CH;
Assignee:
B.R.A.H.M.S. GmbH, Henningsdorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an in vitro method for the diagnosis and treatment guidance of a bacterial infection in patients suffering from an acute ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, comprising the determination of the level of Procalcitonin (PCT) or a fragment thereof having at least 12 amino acid residues in a sample of a bodily fluid from said patient and the correlation of the determined level to the diagnosis of a bacterial infection in said patient.