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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
May. 19, 2009
Applicants:
Koen Kas, Schilde, BE;
Griet Vanpoucke, Merelbeke, BE;
Inventors:
Koen Kas, Schilde, BE;
Griet Vanpoucke, Merelbeke, BE;
Assignee:
Pronota N.V., Zwijnaarde, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 31/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for the diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of sepsis in a subject using the expression levels of the biomarkers Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) and TREM-like receptor transcript-1 (TLT1) as an indication of the condition of the patient, alone or in combination with further sepsis markers are disclosed. If the levels of the biomarkers indicate the presence of sepsis, the patient is treated for sepsis with an antibiotic and/or fluid resuscitation treatment.