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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 14, 2010
Michael Ullery, St. Louis, MO (US);
Erin Mathias, St. Charles, MO (US);
Jones M. Hyman, Wake Forest, NC (US);
John D. Walsh, Durham, NC (US);
Michael Ullery, St. Louis, MO (US);
Erin Mathias, St. Charles, MO (US);
Jones M. Hyman, Wake Forest, NC (US);
John D. Walsh, Durham, NC (US);
Biomerieux, Inc, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent present in a sample includes a step of analytical test data (e.g., obtaining intrinsic fluorescence values over a range of emission wavelengths) from the microbial agent. The analytical test data is transformed thereby minimizing strain to strain variations within an organism group. With the aid of a programmed computer, a multi-level classification algorithm coded as a set of processing instructions operates on the transformed analytic test data. The multiple levels correspond to different levels in a taxonomic hierarchy for microbial agents suspected of being in the sample.